Urban Unrest?
Reporting live from Stockholm in a three country, two part, special edition reporting on Arab immigration to Scandinavia: The Weekly Conquest Week of 6.23.24 – 6.30.24
Welcome to the ZioKnight
Week of June 23, 2024
Author of The ZioKnight, Noah Levy
As the malarkey of the American Presidential debate subsided, eyes and ears turned back to one of the voters’ most pressing subjects: immigration. As in America, European electorates are raging about over-admitting immigrants. One of the groups most reported in the media for migrating to Europe are Arabs.
Between one and two percent of Norwegians and Danes are Arab and closer to five percent of Swedes are. Rates of asylum claims have been slowly increasing annually, but new laws are restricting the growth in Scandinavian countries.
While walking the streets of Copenhagen, the nationalistic strife was clear as day. Arabs were in conflict with other Danes and graffiti artists were fighting over Israel versus Palestinian representation through their “art.”
However I didn’t witness this as the case in Norway and Sweden. After many days in Norway in three towns and cities scattered throughout the country, no outward conflicts were visible. There were infrequent displays of Palestinian flags on private property, minimal vandalism, and a small outpost with two men promoting Palestinian propaganda.
Posters glorifying the killing of an IDF soldier and commandeering of a tank on 10/7
There was a single group of incredibly offensive signs and graffiti in a town with a population under 1,000, but these are undemonstrative anecdotes.
In Sweden, things were similar. There were occasional Palestinian flags and Keffiyehs worn primarily by native Scandinavians and an embarrassingly small march of 25 mostly native Swedish Keffiyeh wearing social justice warriors.
The take away from this exclusive reporting is that there’s some strife on the streets of Copenhagen, and Norway and Sweden are much better than what I have witnessed in NYC.
Thanks for joining us for this Scandinavian adventure!
Sunday 6.23
As tension builds between Israel and Hezbollah, the Biden Administration reaffirmed its full fledged support to top Israeli Ministers. This helps the Israeli security establishment strategize, serves as a strong negotiation tool in discussions between diplomats, and partially alleviates the stress brought by last week’s report of the Iron Dome being insufficient against a prospective Hezbollah missile barrage. [1][2]
Monday 6.24
Last week, Prime Minister Netanyahu complained to the Biden Administration that weapons shipments to Israel have been delayed. The US’ response was confusion and disappointment. This week, the American ambassador to Israel confirmed that supply issues led to the delays. Stay tuned to see the evolving nature of this spat. [3]
Tuesday 6.25
The Israeli High Court ruled that the Haredi draft exception is unconstitutional. Currently, only 1,800 Haredi men annually join the military. The case stipulates that 3,000 additional must enlist by July 1st, funding for yeshiva’s must come to a complete halt, and stipends for yeshiva students are illegal. The court is only mandating immediate service for 3,000 of the 63,000 eligible recruits in order to respect their lifestyle, because this is the maximum amount the military can handle in Haredi friendly conditions. The strength of this bill will be on display in July, when we will be able to evaluate how many Haredi men actually enlist… [4]
Wednesday 6.26
Israeli and American top defense officials met and allegedly resolved the impasse regarding the weapons delays. The American delegation reaffirmed their support of Israel and expressed that such issues should remain behind closed doors. Associates of Netanyahu reportedly felt that this issue was at a standstill for weeks, and it had to become public to hasten the process. This is an interesting diplomatic discussion as it regards issues vitally important to Israel’s security and was brought in front and behind the curtains multiple times throughout negotiations. Shipments of 2,000 lbs bombs were still on hold at the time of this discussion.[5]
Thursday 6.27
As the US understands war in Lebanon to be imminent, the US Embassy of Beirut advised US citizens to evacuate the country. International calls to avoid Lebanon suggest that intelligence indicates that tensions are reaching their tipping point. In order for the war to be averted, there must be a negotiated ceasefire with Lebanon or Hamas, as Hezbollah pledged to cease aggressions if the Gaza War ends. [6]
Friday 6.28
Reports are beginning to show that the US resumed its shipments of 2,000 lbs bombs to Israel.
Realist war strategists, such as the renowned John Spencer, are suggesting that Israel needs to show strength amid escalations in order to avoid war, have a favorable negotiating position, or decisively win a prospective conflict.
The resumption of 2,000 lbs bomb shipments relays a message to Israel and the US’ opponents that the military might of the US is in Israel’s corner and it is only growing. [7]
Saturday 6.29
The Arab League (depicted above in green) stripped away Hezbollah’s designation as a terrorist organization. Hezbollah is an Iran backed proxy recognized as a terrorist group by the US, UK, Canada, and many other countries and international bodies. As Hezbollah launches unprovoked missile strikes into Israel, this is a very significance decision.
The League may be preparing themselves to work with Hezbollah in the case of a war with Israel, or greater conflict in the region, as Iran threatens. [8][9]
Question: Is Zionism settler colonialism?
Answer: Absolutely not! Settler colonialism is the act of sending a group from an imperialist country to extract resources and use the native population for cheap labor. The Jews are indeginous to the Land of Israel, many are refugees from countries that wouldn’t even take them back, and historically, they primarily worked the land. The property inhabited by Jews was purchased, and the Zionist leadership directed the Jews to avoid purchasing land in inhabited by Arab Fallahim, or sustenance farmers. The characterization is an intentional gross mischaracterization that uses a simple binary mindset.
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