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For 505 days, Hamas captivity survivor Eliya Cohen lived in darkness, starvation, and torture never knowing if the person he loved most was still alive.
Eliya had no idea that his partner, Ziv Abud, survived the Nova music festival massacre, even though his actions hiding her beneath piles of murdered bodies was likely what saved her. While she fought for him, he was kidnapped, imprisoned, and brutalized by a terror group whose cruelty is beyond words.
Their story is a reminder of the human cost of October 7 not statistics, but lives torn apart, love severed, and families forced to endure the unimaginable. We honor their survival, mourn what was stolen, and refuse to let the truth of Hamas’s crimes be forgotten.
At Canada’s Subcommittee on International Human Rights, Iranian-Canadian leaders Kaveh Shahrooz and Nazanin Afshin-Jam, alongside actress and Iranian activist Nazanin Boniadi, spoke with moral clarity on behalf of Iranians risking everything to win their freedom from the Islamic Republic.
Their message was unmistakable: this regime is not only brutal to its own people, it poses a threat to the entire region and to democratic societies, including Canada.
Standing with Iranians fighting for their lives and dignity is not optional. It is a human rights imperative.
Canada, and the world, must act.
Toronto sent a message the world cannot ignore.
More than 150,000 people showed up yesterday, breaking the city’s record for the largest Iranian diaspora demonstration ever. This wasn’t just symbolic solidarity, but a demand for international pressure on the regime, amplification of Iranian voices, and real hope for those risking their lives inside the country.
This is what solidarity looks like. The message from Iranians and their allies in Toronto is clear: Iranians are demanding freedom, and the world must respond with action.
British MP David Taylor publicly called for targeted military strikes to degrade the Iranian regime’s ability to massacre the brave protesters fighting for their lives, and joined other MPs in urging the UK government to finally proscribe the IRGC the regime’s primary engine of repression and terror.
Other MPs called out front groups tied to the Ayatollah, including the so-called Islamic “Human Rights” Commission, for laundering regime violence under the language of activism.
This is what moral clarity looks like: recognizing that a regime murdering its own people is a true human rights emergency. The free world must stop shielding Tehran’s terror apparatus and start dismantling it.
In Barcelona, Iranian freedom fighters and their allies were harassed by so-called “pro-Palestinian” protesters.
You don’t have to tell us who you stand for.
You show us with your actions. Who you silence, who you oppose, and which regimes your actions protect.
When people protesting for freedom from the Iranian regime are targeted, the mask slips. This isn’t about human rights, just like their massive protests for the past few years haven’t been. It’s about enforcing extremist narratives and intimidating anyone who challenges them.
Solidarity with Iranians fighting tyranny should be a baseline for anyone claiming to oppose oppression. Hostility against them tells the world everything it needs to know.
We see you.
🇮🇱⚡️ History is being made live!
Israel’s very first Olympic bobsleds have officially been revealed, and their paint job says it all: bold, electric, unmistakable, and unapologetically Israeli.
This isn’t just a design, it’s a small statement by a nation that refuses to be sidelined. Israeli athletes are breaking barriers and making history in a sport where Israel has never competed on this highest-level international stage before.
From the track to the world stage, Israel is here, and is picking up speed. 🛷🔥
A Korean food influencer arrived in Israel as a visitor, and left with some new friends!
All of a sudden he found himself dancing in the airport with a jolly old man stationed at the check-in line.
That’s Israel in a nutshell: full of joy and dancing. And anyone is welcome to join in!
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🇮🇱⚡️ History is being made live!
Israel’s very first Olympic bobsleds have officially been revealed, and their paint job says it all: bold, electric, unmistakable, and unapologetically Israeli.
This isn’t just a design, it’s a small statement by a nation that refuses to be sidelined. Israeli athletes are breaking barriers and making history in a sport where Israel has never competed on this highest-level international stage before.
From the track to the world stage, Israel is here, and is picking up speed. 🛷🔥
