Germany: Journalist for Pro-Migrant Spiegel Magazine Complains on X After Being Punched in the Face by 13-year-old Syrian
A journalist for Germany’s left-leaning Spiegel Magazine, known for its pro-migration views and efforts against the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, stepped in to protect two elderly women near the North Sea coast, which resulted in a 13-year-old Syrian punching him in the face. Now, he is complaining about a lack of consequences for the youth.
Christian Neef is a well-known journalist for the outlet and has been working for many years for Spiegel. However, Neef himself said he “defended two elderly” women in Husum in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which resulted in consequences.
“Today, I had my own experience with a so-called refugee. In Husum, a Syrian punched me in the face. I had defended two elderly women who asked him to get off the back of a public bench on which they were sitting and not to continue to spit at their feet. The interesting thing: The police told me that it was a 13-year-old Syrian who was well-known in the city and who had been caught over 50 times for theft and violent crimes since the beginning of 2024 alone. Sanctions available: none.”
Heute hatte ich mein eigenes Erlebnis mit einem sogenannten Flüchtling. In Husum versetzte mir ein Syrer einen Faustschlag ins Gesicht. Ich hatte zwei ältere Frauen verteidigt, die ihn baten, von der Lehne einer öffentlichen Bank zu steigen, auf der sie saßen und ihnen nicht
— Christian Neef (@christian_neef) July 20, 2024
The post led to widespread mockery on X as a case of a liberal journalist suddenly confronting what tens of thousands experience every year, with violence, sexual assault, and robberies skyrocketing in Germany due to mass immigration.
One X user wrote, “It could be that they learned more in this moment than in their 26 years at Spiegel.
If they’re lucky.”
Another wrote, “Individual case, as always,” with the user referring to the left-liberal tendency to describe the many cases of individual crimes involving migrants as “individual” cases that do not represent migrants as a whole. For many critics of this term, the “individual” cases accumulate into hundreds of thousands of crimes that have affected millions of Germans.
20 foreigners beat a German teen in the city of Gera on video. Germany’s federal government and mainstream media is remarkably silent about the crime. https://t.co/ohITVllLxR
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) June 21, 2024
Ex-AfD politician Tatjana Festerling wrote, “Oh well! The Big Thinking people in the Refugees Welcome whining editorial offices need their own ‘experiences’ before they realize that low-trust cultures can never be integrated into high-trust societies. When I explained this in Pegida speeches in 2015, the reaction was ‘Racist!’”
Some users said the problem would only get worse due to a general disregard for German laws from many within the immigrant population, with one writing: “German laws apparently motivate many Muslims not to comply with them. What is going on should actually be called what it is: terror against the native population. And of course, things are not getting any better, quite the opposite. The terror continues until the goal is achieved and dozens of countries have done that.”
One of the 10 “Southern” males who beat 20-year-old Philippos to death in the city of #BadOeynhausen has been identified as a Syrian national known to police. https://t.co/N529WglV6w
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) June 27, 2024
While speaking with German newspaper Junge Freiheit in response to what had happened, a police spokesman stated that they were aware of the incident.
“No information will be given about the identity of the suspect, who is still a child. The suspect comes from the district and has already come to the attention of the police due to similar crimes,” said the spokesman, who refused to provide any more details.
As Remix News reported in the past, the issue of underage migrants flagrantly conducting criminal activity in Germany is a major problem, as current laws do not allow for any type of punishment. Just this weekend, an 11-year-old Moroccan migrant leading a youth gang was arrested for over 70 burglaries in and outside Hamburg but will face no jail time. In some cases, even one involving the rape of an 11-year-old girl, the German state has refused to issue jail time because the criminal migrant was under the age of 18.
British Soldier Stabbed Outside Army Base
A British soldier is fighting for his life after being stabbed outside an army base in southeast England on Tuesday evening.
The soldier, who was in full uniform, was stabbed near Brompton Barracks in Gillingham, Kent at around 6 p.m. He was airlifted to hospital and is reportedly in a “serious” condition.
Kent Police said a 24-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. They have also not ruled out terrorism as a motive, the Telegraph reports.
A witness told The Times that the attacker pulled up on a moped. “This was with two kitchen knives, about nine to 10 inches long, and there were about seven of us there who witnessed it,” according to the bystander.
“The soldier was in uniform. He works at the barracks, lives in Sally Port Gardens, and was walking home. His wife tried to pull the attacker off.”
The attacker then escaped on the moped.
Another witness who tried to help the soldier told The Sun: “The only person he was targeting was the soldier he attacked.”
“Blood was everywhere as I tried to apply pressure to his wounds until the police arrived,” he added. “When the guy’s wife came out and started trying to pull the guy off he didn’t even try to hurt her.”
Other witnesses said they heard a “blood-curdling scream” as the soldier was attacked. Moments later, the attacker ran his finger across the knife and licked it, one person told The Sun. To date, the known details of the attack are similar to the murder of Lee Rigby, a soldier who was stabbed to death near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, southeast London, eleven years ago.
The Gillingham attack occurred on the same day that radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary was convicted of terrorism offences at a court in London.
Choudary was accused of directing Al-Muhajiroun (ALM), a banned international terror organisation. During his trial, he admitted to officiating at the wedding of one of the killers of Lee Rigby.
“I was there when he [the killer] became Muslim. I officiated at his marriage. I believe then he stopped associating with anyone I know for years before Lee Rigby was killed,” Choudary told the court.
He was also asked why he had described the killing as “famous.” He responded that it had put Woolwich “on the map.”
Choudary was jailed for five years in 2016 for inviting support for Islamic State, but was released just two years later, subject to strict licence conditions, including a ban on using the internet. However, within three weeks of those terms lapsing in July 2021, he was already putting out messages on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
Choudary then gave more than 40 lectures to a spin-off of ALM in New York, attracting a global audience. He was arrested again last July following a joint investigation by MI5, Scotland Yard, the NYPD, and Canadian police.
Experts are incredulous that Choudary was allowed any internet access after his release, given his long history of radicalising followers.
Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, told the Mail: “He needed to have a different class of conditions and surveillance to keep him from reoffending and trying to radicalise the next generation. The reality was it was no surprise—anyone could have predicted that this is exactly what Choudary would do as soon as he had the means.”
ICJ Orders Israel to End Its Unlawful Occupation of Palestinian Territories
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest United Nations body for hearing disputes between states, has ruled 14-1 that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and should come to an end “as rapidly as possible” as it issued an unprecedented and sweeping condemnation of Jerusalem’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago.
ICJ President Nawaf Salam read out the “nonbinding advisory opinion” issued by the 15-judge panel. They pointed to a wide list of policies, including the building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the use of the area’s natural resources, the annexation and imposition of permanent control over lands and discriminatory policies against Palestinians. According to them, all of these measures violated international laws against acquiring territory by force and impeded Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
According to a summary of the more than 80-page opinion, other nations were not obliged to “render aid or assistance in maintaining” Israel’s occupation in the said territory. Israel’s “abuse of its status as the occupying power” renders its “presence in the occupied Palestinian territory unlawful,” the court said.
“Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the regime associated with them, have been established and are being maintained in violation of international law,” the decision further read.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized ICJ’s opinion, saying the territories are part of the Jewish people’s historic homeland. But the resounding breadth of the decision could impact international opinion and fuel moves for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. The court’s opinion was sought by the UN General Assembly after a Palestinian request concerning Israel’s massive genocidal assaults on Gaza.
According to The Hague court, the General Assembly and Security Council should consider “the precise modalities” to end Netanyahu’s men’s presence in the territories. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will send the advisory opinion to the 193-member world body.
“It is for the General Assembly to decide how to proceed in the matter,” UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
Guterres has signified his call once again for Israel and the Palestinians to engage “on the long-delayed political path towards ending the occupation and resolving the conflict in line with international law, relevant resolutions and bilateral agreements,” the spokesperson said.
Guterres also stressed that a two-state solution is “the only viable path” to seeing Israel and “a fully independent, democratic, contiguous, viable and sovereign Palestinian state” living side by side in peace and security, Haq said.
World leaders react on ICJ’s landmark decision
Following the historic decision of the ICJ, leaders from around the globe reacted. Palestinian officials lauded ICJ and said the Justice ruling was a “watershed moment” in their decades-long fight for justice. Israel’s reaction is expected to be not favorable as the United States’ top ally criticized the ruling on Saturday, July 20, after initial silence.
United Kingdom’s newly formed Labour government said it “respects the independence of the ICJ” and is considering the ruling before making an official response. The Foreign Office added the U.K. is “strongly opposed to the expansion of illegal settlements and rising settler violence.”
(Related: EU states considering SANCTIONS against Israel for defiance against ICJ ceasefire order.)
For Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Espen Barth Eide, the ICJ ruling is crystal clear. “Israeli policies and practices are to be considered annexation of large parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and are in violation of international law,” he wrote on X. Malaysia called on all states to compel Israel to abide by the ruling of the ICJ and immediately end their support to Israel in continuing its illegal occupation of Palestine.
Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Sadadi said: “Israel’s impunity must end. Its war crimes must be stopped. Israel must be held accountable.” Moreover, Kuwait’s foreign minister called on the international community to carry out its “legal, political and moral duties to achieve the aspirations of the brotherly Palestinian people to establish their independent state and to stop the aggression against Gaza.” Saudi Arabia welcomed the ruling while stressing the “need to take practical and credible steps to reach a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian cause.”
Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration denounced the ICJ’s opinion that Israeli settlements are “inconsistent” with international law.
“We are concerned that the breadth of the court’s opinion will complicate efforts to resolve the conflict and bring about an urgently needed just and lasting peace with two states living side by side in peace and security,” the Department of State told Reuters.
On the other side, Spain was taking a safer stance. “The government urges the UN and the international community to take into consideration the conclusions of the report and to adopt appropriate measures in this regard,” it said.
IsraelCollapse.com contains similar stories regarding Israeli violations of international law.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Promises Bill Protecting Rights to Refuse Vaccines is Coming
(LifeSiteNews) – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has promised that the province’s Bill of Rights will be amended this fall so that there are protections added for people’s personal medical decisions that most likely will include one having the right to refuse a vaccine.
Smith’s promise to add protections for personal choice on vaccinations comes because of the COVID jab mandates put in place for a time in Alberta under former Premier Jason Kenney.
Speaking to Albertans at a recent town hall in Bonnyville, Smith said that the COVID crisis resulted in many people being discriminated against for their own medical decisions and that “it shouldn’t have happened.”
Smith, who leads the United Conservative Party (UCP), said that she believes “every person has to be able to do their own assessment, their own health assessment, to be able to make those decisions.”
The original plan by Smith was to add protections for one’s vaccine status directly Alberta Human Rights Act (AHRA). However, this plan was nixed after she was advised by Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel chair Preston Manning that this was not the right legislation for an additional protection.
Instead, Smith promised that a better “law” dealing directly with vaccine status will be forthcoming.
On Monday, Smith confirmed on X that an updated version of the Bill of Rights is coming.
“It’s time. Let’s get this done,” she wrote.
Last year, Smith, as reported by LifeSiteNews, promised to enshrine into “law” protections for people in her province who choose not to be vaccinated as well as strengthen gun rights and safeguard free speech by beefing up the provincial Bill of Rights.
“You have my commitment, no one’s going to be forced to be vaccinated,” Smith told Alberta blogger Shaun Newman.
On Smith’s first day on the job and only minutes after being sworn in, she said that during the COVID years the “unvaccinated” were the “most discriminated against” group of people in her lifetime.
She took over from Kenney as leader of the UCP on October 11, 2022, after winning the party leadership. The UCP then won a general election in May 2023. Kenney was ousted due to low approval ratings and for reneging on promises not to lock Alberta down during COVID.
Smith promptly fired the province’s top doctor, Deena Hinshaw, and the entire Alberta Health Services board of directors, all of whom oversaw the implementation of COVID mandates.
Under Kenney, thousands of nurses, doctors, and other healthcare and government workers lost their jobs for choosing to not get the jabs.
While Smith has not said much regarding the COVID shots since taking office, she has allowed her caucus members to have broad views when it comes to known safety issues related to the jabs.
UCP MLA Eric Bouchard hosted a sold-out event titled “An Injection of Truth” that featured prominent doctors and experts speaking out against COVID vaccines and mandates.
“Injection of Truth” included well-known speakers critical of COVID mandates and the shots, including Dr. Byram Bridle, Dr. William Makis, canceled doctor Mark Trozzi and pediatric neurologist Eric Payne.
The COVID shots were heavily promoted by the federal government and all provincial governments in Canada, with the Alberta government under Kenney being no exception.
The mRNA shots have been linked to a multitude of negative and often severe side effects in children.
New Emails Reveal Big Tech-Biden Collusion on Covid Narratives, Involving CDC & Twitter Censorship
Trying to refute collusive practices involving major social media companies is probably not high on the agenda of the US government right this moment; nevertheless, the evidence of the highly controversial practice keeps rolling in.
America First Legal (AFL), a conservative non-profit, has disclosed a new batch of documents obtained through litigation, this time against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It concerns May 2021 communications meant to set the tone online and “manage” the government agenda around topics related to Covid vaccines.
The emails were exchanged between Facebook and CDC – and the documents focus on the activities of CDC spokesperson Carol Crawford, who also “happened” to be involved with Twitter’s Partner Support Portal around the same time.
This Twitter program’s “secret superpower” was that it allowed government-affiliated individuals to participate in flagging content for censorship.
Genelle Adrien (of the Politics and Government Outreach Team over at Facebook) and Crawford “star” in the email chain obtained by AFL, with the latter being asked point blank that the CDC approve Facebook’s “COVID-19 Information Center FAQ.”
Of concern to Adrien was particularly what the platform’s users should be allowed to say about the vaccine’s side effects. And CDC provided that guidance – some words were replaced, and other sentences were removed.
Thus “joint pain” was gone, but “nausea” was added as a possible side effect. And then these whole two sentences disappeared from what Facebook had prepared as its Covid vaccine safety FAQ:
“More serious side effects are extremely rare. A person is far more likely to be seriously harmed by a disease than by its vaccine.”
There are various ways to interpret this decision, but one is that CDC (by proxy, as Facebook’s guidance adviser) may have wished to avoid the risk of getting sued (alas, it did get sued – but for colluding with Facebook).
Even though the original language was fairly “soft” – if anything, the social platform looked keen to minimize any serious side effects, and promote the vaccines – it was too much for CDC to stand behind.
In one of the emails, Crawford writes that the CDC had no “cleared language, as far as I know, to support the second and third sentences.”
However, the Biden administration continued to urge people to get the jab throughout that year, with Biden himself spreading seemingly unfounded fear that the unvaccinated people would “soon overwhelm hospitals” with “a winter (2021/22) of severe illness and death” up ahead.
But, as AFL notes: “The CDC appears to have admitted that in May of 2021, months after the vaccine had already been rolled out, they could not confirm that the vaccine was safer than contracting COVID-19 itself and developing natural immunity. Nonetheless, the CDC continued to push the American people to take the vaccine.”
Lawmakers Urge Federal Trade Commission to Take Action Against Online Ads for Junk Foods
A group of lawmakers has called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to tackle online advertisements for junk foods ostensibly aimed at younger viewers.
The bipartisan group of lawmakers led by U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) made the request in a June 17 letter addressed to FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan and four other commissioners. It urged the FTC to update its decade-old report on food marketing to children and adolescents, emphasizing the need to address the rapidly evolving landscape of digital advertising.
“We are alarmed by the proliferation of unhealthy food and beverage marketing directed toward children across online platforms,” the letter read. “Such marketing can impact children’s food preferences, purchase requests [and] consumption patterns, and could ultimately contribute to unhealthy eating patterns that increase the risk of chronic disease.”
The lawmakers characterized the need for regulatory action as urgent, in light of projected increases in childhood diabetes rates and the billions spent annually on influencer marketing. “We appreciate the FTC’s consideration of this letter and we hope to see [the commission] further its work to protect children from online marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages,” the letter continued.
The correspondence by Booker and his colleagues in Congress zoomed in on two particular aspects of this online marketing. First, they expressed worry about how companies target ads to children in different socioeconomic and demographic groups. They cited a study that found Black children were exposed to between 86 and 119 percent more food and beverage TV ads than their White peers.
Second, they highlighted the growing role of social media influencers in promoting unhealthy foods to young audiences. “There are countless recent examples of influencers on TikTok promoting food and beverage products where it is not always made clear the influencer is being paid to promote these products or has a material connection to the brand,” the lawmakers noted.
Companies spend BILLIONS to bombard kids with ads
Lindsey Smith Taillie, associate professor at the University of North Carolina‘s Gillings School of Global Public Health, put in her two cents on the effects of digital marketing for unhealthy foods in an April op-ed published in The Hill.
She recounted how her four-year-old child saw an ad for a candy brand during Super Bowl 2024. Two weeks after that, Taillie’s child still remembered the ad – and right in time for their supermarket visit.
“A 30-second commercial seems harmless. However, new research shows that food marketing to kids is more than a nuisance. It’s a key driver of poor diets,” Taillie wrote.
(Related: Junk food ads on TV strongly influence children’s eating habits.)
“Food marketing impacts what kids like, buy and eat – increasing the risk of dental caries, obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Like tobacco, tighter regulation of junk food marketing to children is needed to protect their health.”
According to her, digital marketing is particularly worrisome as it does not look like marketing. This “disguised” promotion, she added, “limits kids’ ability to distinguish these marketing techniques from unbranded content.”
Taillie ultimately concluded: “Food marketing hooks kids on unhealthy foods, creating poor eating habits that can last a lifetime. Children deserve to live, learn and play free from the influence of the junk food industry, [and] regulations on food marketing can help.”
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