Oct 7,2023- Every life stolen by Hamas.We remember.

Every name. Every empty chair.
Every life stolen by Hamas.
We remember. Always.
Am Yisrael Chai. 🇮🇱

October 26, 2023
BRING THEM HOME NOW!

In the middle of Times Square I found “Empty Tables/Empty Chairs” set for shabbat. 224 places representing those held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. Families of some of the hostages spoke. It was deeply moving, particularly the babies’ high chairs and the children’s table where chairs were knocked over and little toy bears were blind folded and torn apart.

Flickr Slide Show

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[https://x.com/Israel/status/2107123649165643988/video/1]

A Special Broadcast: Chilling footage from Soroka Hospital on October 7th is revealed for the first time, alongside the heroic battle of the medical staff to save lives – a look back at a day unlike any other in hospital history. Suitable for ages 14+

[https://nypost.com/2026/10/06/world-news/harrowing-new-footage-shows-chaos-at-israeli-hospital-after-oct-7-attack/]

 

October 7, 2023 is still with us.

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[Where indicated pictures are property of Pamela Hall-VSB]
(part 3 of 4)

THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WILL NEVER FORGET – Part 2

Twenty Five years of activism and I feel the frustration
of a coach yelling at the players: You HAD this!
Can we get the Next Gen to see what they are losing?

Or is it too late.  

Remembering those
who never made it home


Oct 7, 2023
Were the terrorists Radical Islamists?

Consider the POV of Lauren Booth, the sister-in-law of the man who destroyed Britain, Tony Blair,  and a convert to Islam,

(She) called the terror attack on October 7th, where Israelis were killed and raped, “legendary”, and claimed it would make millions “accept Islam”. Sickening beyond belief. [https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/2009729076949397611]

If  it’s Islam….it’s RADICAL

Sanitizing Sharia Will Destroy Freedom

Islamic apologists have whitewashed sharia for decades. Now young Americans support imposing it even on citizens who want no part of it. [Pamela Geller/Andrew Bostom]

“Radical Islam is Fundamentally
Incompatible with our Western Values”

“.. the greatest national security threat facing the United States: the rise of Radical Islam and Sharia Law.” Oct 28, 2025-U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)]

While the Global Muslim invasion continues, Jewish do-gooderism continues to ignore reality when groups like Jewish Voice For Peace  and JFREJ support the ‘Falestinians’ by promoting a documentary such as NAZA. whose intended outcome is Gaza Muslims – Good / IDF-Israel – BAD

  NAZA: The Real Story

NAZA is a 2026 documentary film directed by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. Its title is derived from Nezek Agavi (Hebrew: נזק אגבי), the Hebrew military term for collateral damage.

….the IDF said the film was a “misrepresented and manipulative depiction of reality“, rejecting how the film described the strike planning and denying the civilian casualty numbers it claimed, including ratios like 500 civilians to one militant, 200 to one, or 20 to one. It also stated that it never planned or approved any strike where around 500 civilians were expected to die. The Israeli military added that targets are approved only by humans, not by AI.

According to the IDF, even under the assumption that the soldiers that were interviewed in the film did serve in the roles attributed to them, it was still clear from their words in the film that they were not a part of any broad decision-making process…wikipedia

Israeli Government & IDF Response: The Israel Defense Forces and Israeli officials have strongly rejected the film’s claims as false and distorted,

Yet, the Jewish Kapos (Funktionshäftlinge) continue to promote Islam’s agitprop amongst our young …. teaching them to ignore the terrorists and their crimes while creating a generation blinded by the lies and promises of peace.

…. So, consider when ….

Hamas aired previously unseen footage of the terror group’s leaders in the Gaza Strip from several years before the October 7 war, via its Qatari mouthpiece Al Jazeera. One image broadcast on Al Jazeera’s “The Hidden Is More Immense” documentary series, and published shortly after by Hamas on its Telegram channel, shows top commanders in the terror group’s military wing gathering in a tunnel.All those seen in the photo have since been killed by Israel!

Including Deif, Marwan Issa, Raad Saad, Mohammed Shabana, Mohammed Sinwar, Ahmed Ghandour, Ayman Nofal, Rafa Salama, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Mohammed Odeh, Hakam al-Issa, Raed Thabet, Ghazi Abu Tamaa and Bassem Issa.

THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL REMEMBERED

The rewards of CRIME and Punishment

Payback that helped the Terrorists
meet their seven virgins.


Oct 7, 2026
WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

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Oct 7th, 2026- Three years And the Left still Celebrates

Oct. 7, 2026, the third anniversary of the invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists.

Three years and the haters still celebrate the murder of 1000s of innocent civilians in Israel. And the ignorati gather to mock and deny these murders. (Part 1- Flickr)

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NYC City Hall. These are only a few of the many signs I photographed. (Part 2- Flickr)

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Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik, a vicious Islamic extremist, rabid antisemite and Hamas supporter who called New York City police officers "pigs" during a deranged shrieking rant at a pro-Hamas hate rally, was suspended from the City University of New York (CUNY)
byu/LedofZeppelin inBeneiYisraelNews

[https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-zohran-mamdani-intern-berates-210518520.html]

City College student Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik — who interned for Mamdani prior to his mayoral campaign — verbally attacked an officer over his career choice at what appears to be a pro-Palestine demonstration on the CUNY school’s campus, the video, originally posted on Feb. 28.

..[https://www.yahoo.com/news/zohran-mamdani-campaign-intern-declared-204249831.html]

A former Zohran Mamdani intern proudly declared activism is “all jihad” and encouraged protesters to get suspended or arrested in defiance of the West’s “settler colonialism.”

Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik  is first in video

#amyisraelchai

#neverforget

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Every life stolen by Hamas.
We remember. Always. 


J’ACCUSE: The Left…Their butchers.
Celebrating the Orgy of Jewish Blood
(Pamela Geller)

I accuse the ideologues of the left who made hatred of the Jewish state a badge of virtue. I accuse the academics who dressed antisemitism in the robes of scholarship, and the media voices who cast Jewish self-defense as criminal while laundering terrorist murder as “resistance.” Their words helped cultivate a moral climate in which the slaughter of Jews could be justified, applauded and, finally, celebrated. October 7 was the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust—and still these merchants of moral inversion turn the victims into defendants and the butchers into heroes. Three years later, the bloodshed has taught them nothing; even the anniversary becomes an occasion for celebration. Let them answer for every euphemism that dignified the killers, every libel that dehumanized their victims, every lecture that demanded Jewish restraint while excusing Hamas barbarism. A civilization that finds excuses for the massacre of Jews is putting its own conscience on trial.

Am Yisrael Chai. 🇮🇱

 Part 1 of 4

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[ Where indicated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

U.N. Welcome PM Netanyahu vs From The River to the Sea

Welcome Israel’s PM Netanyahu outside the U.N.

Sept. 24, 2026.  The Welcome for PM Netanyahu was overshadowed by the From The River to the Sea protestors:

”Netanyahu in a bunker, we will put you six feet under.” 

Earlier, I began this report across from the U.N., where I found the ”Welcome Netanyahu” Rally difficult to find and oddly thin.

Flickr Slide Show Welcoming the Prime Minister

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WHAT HAPPENED?

According to the Herut NYC  organizers, when they arrived at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, it was already occupied by numerous groups, including organizations opposed to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

 Herut NYC   had an approved NYC Parks facility permit for its “Welcome Netanyahu” rally in the Main Plaza for September 24 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Their permit lists their status in the Plaza  as Approved.

So, the Herut organizer asked an NYPD officer where the area designated for Herut was located. The officer responded,

“Pick One.”

Apparently, the NYPD didn’t honor the paid permit for the Pro-Israel Rally to “Welcome Netanyahu” forcing them in to a corner
that wasn’t easily seen.

Herut North America Seeks Answers

“This was not a question of whether we had a permit—we did,” said Karen Lichtbraun, Community Leader of Herut New York City. “Our organization followed the city’s permitting process, paid the required fee, received an approved permit, and arrived at the designated location expecting to be able to hold our permitted event. Instead, we were told to find whatever space was left. That raises legitimate questions about how permits were being administered and enforced that day.”

Herut’s Substack

Read full statement on Substack

Meanwhile, hostile demonstrators compared Israeli Prime Minister to Satan and called Israel a ‘child killer regime,’ during their protests outside the U.N.

Anti-Zionist protesters put
Netanyahu effigy in a noose
 


.More of what I observed at 46th street from the
“YOU are Not WELCOMED Here, Netanyahu” protestors–
Flickr Slide Show

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Netanyahu’s Address link has video

Israeli leader at UN: ‘We’re going to win. We have no other choice’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a defiant speech at the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2026, defending Israel’s military actions and prompting a mass walkout by diplomats. [1, 2]

Mr. Netanyahu noted that, for the past three years, Israel has been fighting on seven fronts – “Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Iran, militias in Iraq, militias in Syria, Palestinian terrorists in Judea and Samaria.”

Citing an “eighth front” in Israel’s war for survival, Mr. Netanyahu accused international media, social media and several governments of spreading anti-Israel and antisemitic narratives, singling out Qatar and Türkiye.

The Walkout: Dozens of delegates streamed out of the General Assembly Hall as Netanyahu took the podium. He called the departing diplomats “moral cowards”. [1, 2]

 So, you gotta ASK

• How were multiple groups assigned space at DagHammarskjold Plaza on September 24?

• Were all organizations subject to the same permitting and space-allocation procedures?

• Who handled enforcing the approved permits on site?

Can Zionists no longer rally for Israel on the streets of NYC ?

Netanyahu continued, “Mr. Mamdani, you tried to stop me from coming here. You tried to silence me. Well, you can’t silence me. You can’t silence the truth.”

He also took a  swipe at the Mayor of New York City, claiming that Jews no longer felt safe there,

And THAT’S the TRUTH

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[Where indicated photos and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

Time Sq Charlie Kirk Memorial, High-Jacked by Social Influencers

Charlie Kirk Memorial Unveiling

Sept 10, 2026.
There were three different posters for the unveiling.

One poster had No Time listed

Another, said Noon.

 

Another said @ 2:23 pm
(with no explanation)

 

 

 

I arrived early but
couldn’t find the unveiling… AND …
what time was it really?

 

 

At about 2:30 …. I finally saw an artful U.S. flag in the distance, (far right in the picture), not knowing THAT was the statue….

FLICKR SLIDE SHOW

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The memorial was less about Charlie Kirk and more about the obnoxious influencer Jake Lang 

Seems this latest confusion was because their permit had been revoked by the NYPD for a Global Fashion and Culture Show, accounting for the very brief unveiling as the Kirk Memorial was relocated and then rushed out of Times Square.

The Global Fashion and Culture Event was the main attraction.

Flickr Slide Show

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Meanwhile, New York artist Sergio Furnari unveiled his statue in honor of Charlie Kirk …. from the back of a truck, at 2:23 pm, marking the moment Charlie was shot (12;23 in Utah). But the unveiling was short-lived, ending quickly with a female placing flowers in the statue’s hands and then …. the truck drove away with a police escort. 

As the memorial left Times Square, Jake Lang and his crew chanted “Avenge Charlie Kirk!”  and “They Can’t Kill us all”  as they marched with their banner.

Confrontations and physical altercations followed along as they walked to 8th Ave and 47th, where the police forced/helped LANG in to a taxi. (might want to start video at about 2:00)

It was all an embarrassing memorial, supposedly to honor Charlie: ”Shame on all the influencers. Shame on you for hijacking Charlie’s memorial” theviraggulyas

The artist (on the left) spent $100,000 of his own money to create this tribute.Unfortunately, respect given to his Charlie Kirk memorial was overwhelmed by these social influencers.[aka high jacked]

 Jake Lang and his hot tempered displays were disgraceful.[Where indicated photos and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

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Anti-communist rally outside Peoples Forum USA

Anti-Communist Rally outside The Peoples’ Forum USA (NYC)

This anti-Communist protest hoped to encourage passersby to vote for candidates that are NOT promoted by the DSA (Democrat Socialists of America) and their Communists affiliates, like the Peoples’ Forum..

 

About

August 23rd, known as Black Ribbon Day, an international day of remembrance honoring the victims of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, specifically Stalinist, Communist, Nazi, and Fascist.

The main subjects of today’s rally: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), The Peoples Forum and NEVILLE ROY SINGHAM who are here in the U.S. to deconstruct our country in the name of COMMUNISM.

Flickr Slide Show (One speaker asked that her face not be shown)

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.BTW- This was also the last day of Anime Convention at Javits Center. Some interesting Anime characters passed by.

.As for the very wealthy Roy Singham, [estimated net worth of nearly a billion dollars (a centimillionaire). [1] , he has funded The People’s Forum,[3] a U.S. non-profit group in New York City that has been associated with organizing the Gaza war protests at universities.[22][7]]] AND also his wife,  Jodie  Evan’s very Marxist org, CODE PINK(os)

 

 

3 short videos

.Some may ask WHY such a small group of proud Americans was holding a protest out side the CCP and The Peoples Forum in NYC.

Because they MUST.

America is potentially sinking under the waves of progressive/socialist/communists who have spent decades indoctrinating each new generation. AND… it seems to be working …. succeeding in electing Socialists and Marxists as they work to deconstruct our country. They are relentless; persevering decade after decade; financially buoyed by the obnoxiously wealthy like Roy Singham. 

This gathering outside The Peoples’ Forum was a melting pot of America; working together to educate,to sound the alarm, to SAVE our Freedoms from Totalitarianism. Wake Up AMERICA.

STOP COMMUNISM!

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[Where indicated pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

 

Did You Hear the People Sing for Ukraine -Times Sq

Four Years, after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, there is no end in sight.

On February 24, 2022
Russia launched a full-scale
invasion of Ukraine.

…. as documented by Ukrainian /American reporter, Oliya Fedun , the war was a serious invasion of their country. [https://x.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1609025491406671874/video/1]

.Russia-Ukraine War. A war between Russia and Ukraine that began in February 2014 with the covert invasion of the Ukrainian autonomous republic of Crimea by disguised Russian troops. The conflict expanded in April 2014 when Russians and local proxy forces seized territory in Ukraine’s Donbas region; over the next seven years, more than 14,000 people would be killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine.”

Putin imagined this new  invasion would succeed quickly. ”Although Russian forces, in 2022,  made significant gains in the first days of combat, Ukrainian defenders rebuffed attempts to seize Kyiv and other major cities and were soon launching counterattacks at Russian positions.”

Three Days That Never Came:
Feb 24, 2026 update


How Russia Failed in Ukraine – so far –

A Russian drone set fire to a Kharkiv publishing house warehouse, incinerating millions of books Saturday — part of a systematic book-burning campaign by Vladimir Putin to erase Ukrainian identity.…The losses suffered from the devastating blaze could be close to $7 million,…More than 1.5 million books had already been destroyed in strikes on the Ukrainian book industry in July, as the Kremlin wages its campaign to destroy the country’s national identity, according to the Ukrainian Book Institute. The largest attack on the Ukrainian publishing industry saw some 900,000 books destroyed on July 2, while as many as 250,000 books were burned in a July 19 blitz on Kyiv….many schools will not receive textbooks in time for the start of the school year.  [https://nypost.com/2026/08/01/world-news/millions-of-ukrainian-books-incinerated-in-russian-drone-strike/]

July 2, 2026 The overnight barrage, which lasted for 11 hours, prompted residents to shelter in metro stations as explosions rocked the city. According to Ukrainian authorities, the barrage primarily targeted residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure, sparking fires and partially destroying several apartment buildings. [1, 2, 3, 4]

This major escalation comes …  with Ukrainian forces separately reported to be maintaining pressure on Russian oil sectors and border regions. [1, 2, 3]

Times Sq. 7/12/26:   Svitanok called an Emergency Rally in Times Square after Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight into July 6, 2026. (Flickr slide show)

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Explosions Rock Ukraine’s Capital

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported atleast 26 people killed and dozens injured on 7/12/26. Russian strikes hit residential neighborhoods, children’s playgrounds, and civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital. [NY Times]


Flashback to Times Square – April 3, 2022.

A time when  passionate outrage was directed at ending Putin’s invasion of Ukraine:

Duffy Square aka Times Square


The Broadway community
held what they described as a musical vigil for Ukraine ….
during a relentless down pour.

Everyone was quite WET

Electronic billboards lit up the square in blue and yellow – the colors of the Ukrainian flag- as the volunteer choir sang  “Do You Hear the People Sing” – which also included a translated verse in Ukrainian with Ukrainian Americans in attendance.

”Ukraine says the goal is to take the war to Russia and to get Mr. Putin to agree to end the conflict. But Mr. Putin — even as his ability to isolate Russian society from the war’s effect has diminished — has expressed defiance and dug in.”

Actress and trans-activist. Shakina Nayfack , was inspired to organize this gathering following a conversation with her friend, the award-winning Ukrainian journalist,  Maxim Eristavi.

Shakina Nayfack

Edited video (there were many verses) of the performance in the rain; it includes the Ukranian verse.

Чи приєднаєшся ти до нашого хрестового походу?
Хто буде сильним і стоятиме зі мною?
За барикадами
Чи є світ, який ти прагнеш побачити?
Тоді приєднуйся до боротьби
Ця дасть тобі право бути вільним!

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free

=== the Ukranians who sang that day===

Behind the barricades Is there a world you long to see?
 Then join the fight That will give you the right to be free!
За барикадами Чи є світ, який ти прагнеш побачити? 
Тоді приєднуйся до боротьби Ця дасть тобі право бути вільним!

And now the WOKE addendum  to the rally for UKRAINE.
(perhaps unnecessary)

Land Acknowledgement offered by Ty Defoe of the Ojibwe and Oneida nations and Oplanientet Pierce (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape) 

Performed and recorded on the ancestral lands of the Lenni-Lenape people. [https://linktr.ee/BwayforUkraine]

Flickr slide show These pictures are random of  performances and the end as people left.

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4 years later, the celebrities and fellow artists seem to have lost interest in the suffering of Ukraine 

*CRICKETS*

Perhaps the media is failing
where these documentaries do not.

A documentary film by director Alan Badoev and channel «1+1 Ukraine», created from 200 hours of footage: the survival, resistance, and life of Ukrainians during the war. Every minute of the film was shot by Ukrainians on their mobile phones. Some heroes survived, some were killed… But their last actions and voices remain. The world must hear and feel the voices of Ukrainians. The Hardest Hour is happening right now. Support Ukraine. Support freedom and independence. (2 hours)

You can stream the documentary The Hardest Hour (also known as Dovha Doba or Long Day), directed by Alan Badoev, directly on YouTube or the official Badoev ID platform. [1, 2, 3]

 More than four years into the full-scale war in Ukraine, millions of people remain displaced. Across Europe and beyond … In times like these, the right to seek safety matters more than ever.

Russia has now  launched its largest attack on the Ukrainian capital since mid-June 2026, collapsing apartment blocks. Local authorities have accused Moscow of deliberately killing civilians AND STEALING THE CHILDREN.

THE STOLEN CHILDREN!

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIX0MUm9ero]

More than 19,000 Ukrainian children have been documented as abducted or forcibly deported by Russia. Their names have been changed, their language forbidden, and many have been told that their families no longer want them. THE STOLEN CHILDREN follows Meaghan Mobbs, a combat veteran, West Point graduate, Director at the Center for American Safety and Security, Independent Women, and president of the R.T. Weatherman Foundation, as she travels to Ukraine to investigate one of the most devastating and underreported consequences of the war. Working alongside Ukrainian officials, human-rights investigators, and the frontline rescue teams of Save Ukraine, Meaghan helps bring international attention to the children who have been taken and the ongoing fight to bring them home. At the heart of the film are the children themselves. Through firsthand testimony, survivors share what they endured in Russian captivity, including forced separation, propaganda, imprisonment, torture, and efforts to erase their Ukrainian identity. THE STOLEN CHILDREN asks a question no viewer can easily set aside: If these were our children, what would we do? Every stolen child must come home. WATCH THE FILM & EXPLORE THE SERIES https://www.faithinwar.com THE STOLEN CHILDREN is part of FAITH IN WAR, a five-film documentary series from the award-winning creators of A FAITH UNDER SIEGE. Through deeply personal stories from Ukraine, the series reveals extraordinary acts of courage, sacrifice, and faith in the midst of war. LEARN MORE ABOUT A FAITH UNDER SIEGE https://www.faithundersiege.com FEATURED IN THIS FILM Meaghan Mobbs Combat veteran, West Point graduate, Director at the Center for American Safety and Security at Independent Women, and President of the R.T. Weatherman Foundation Mykola Kuleba Founder of Save Ukraine and former Ukrainian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights The film also features the firsthand stories of Ukrainian children and young adults who escaped Russian captivity and occupation.

While the single phrase “Slava Ukraini” is commonly heard or seen around the world today, it is actually part of a call and response: “Slava Ukraini” is accompanied by the response “Heroiam slava!” (“Glory to the Heroes!”),  followed by “Slava natsiyi — smertʹ voroham!” (“Glory to the nation – death to the enemy!”),  ending with “Ukraina — ponad use” (“Ukraine — above all!”)

“Slava Ukraini”

Together we are Ukraine

[Where indicated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

Iran’s Lion and the Sun Will End Sunni Tyranny

While the West Surrenders to Islam, Iran Is Fighting to Break Free From It- Geller Reports

”The Islamic Republic is not simply another authoritarian government. For decades, it has exported terrorism, destabilized the region, violated the human rights of its own citizens, and challenged international security … In January 2026 … millions of Iranians answered the call of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi …The Islamic Republic of Iran responded with extraordinary violence… widespread killings, attacks on medical facilities, arrests and an ongoing campaign of executions against perceived opponents.” [Geller Reports]

“Yet what deeply disappointed many Iranians… the lack of… support from much of the democratic world for their struggle.” ” [@Anahit322175]

July 26th, 2026

On July 26th, 2026, a united front of Americans, Israelis and Iranians marched to Times Square demanding a free and democratic Iran to take its rightful place on the world stage….

Free of the deadly terror of the ISLAMIC IRGC  [The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps].

FLICKR slide show

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.The Lion and Sun Flag served as Iran’s official state flag from 1907 until the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It  represents a proud, culturally rich nation standing in defiance of the oppressive, radical theocracy that has held their country hostage for decades.

Banned inside Iran after 1979, the Lion and the Sun flag has been widely adopted by the global Iranian diaspora, opposition groups, and protesters as a powerful emblem of secularism, national identity and defiance against the current theocratic regime.

“Under the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, people had wide cultural and personal freedoms … The Shah’s crucial decade from 1965 to 1975  when citizens enjoyed secular lifestyles, and women made big gains,

The same was true about Iranian Jews – some 100,000 of the them, who had lived in Iran for over 3,000 years.  In the words of David Menasheri, it was the Jews’ “golden age,” wherein they enjoyed equality with Muslims and in terms of their per capita incomes “they might have been the richest Jewish community in the world. Some of the most innovative and successful industrialists, engineers, architects, and artists were either Jewish or Baha’i… ” [https://www.econlib.org/archives/2015/05/civil_and_econo.html]

Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi’s government maintained a close, covert alliance with Israel. Today, his exiled son, Reza Pahlavi, actively cultivates ties with the Israeli government.

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.So long as they did not politically oppose the Shah, Iran was one of the most liberal societies in the Muslim world in terms of cultural and religious tolerance ….   [https://www.econlib.org/archives/2015/05/civil_and_econo.html]

  • The Spark for Revolution was the Shah’s  heavy-handed political repression united diverse factions—from leftist students to religious traditionalists—into the massive popular movement that overthrew him in 1979.

.Today, Iran is an Islamic Republic characterized by strict religious governance, mandatory public hijab laws, and conservative social structures. 

IN 1979, Female students, with their hair down, foolishly celebrated the victory of the Islamic Revolution while holding a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini  [https://www.instagram.com/vipsaunalondon/].


The revolution gave them a brutal and oppressive regime, far worse than the Shah’s regime. TODAY, “t
hey are the only people on earth who have lived under a pure, unadulterated Islamic theocracy for decades-and because of that, they are the only people who truly see it for what it is.”

 Iranians are now paying in blood to undo the damage of religious totalitarianism. The world must not remain silent while lives hang in the balance.

Islam is a garment forced upon them at sword-point, not a heritage chosen by their hearts.

”Iran is not the land of clerics and fanaticism. It is the land of Zarathustra, the legacy of Cyrus the Great – a civilization built on dignity, wisdom, and leadership long before desert chaos swept in from Arabia.”

[https://gellerreport.com/2026/08/while-the-west-surrenders-to-islam-iran-is-fighting-to-break-free-from-it.html/]

”They have lived through the nightmare, tasted the poison and rejected the cure-less disease.”

‘‘ At a time when many governments around the world are still uncertain about how to deal with the terrorist regime ruling Iran, the people of Iran will never forget which countries and governments truly understood them and stood by them during these difficult days.” [@Anahit322175]

“The friendship shown in times of hardship
is the friendship that history remembers.”

Iranian Immigrant’s Chilling Warning Electrifies Texas Meeting

[https://jewishbreakingnews.com/watch-iranian-immigrants-chilling-warning-electrifies-texas-meeting/]

Enough is Enough!

”It’s time to reclaim that greatness.”

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[Where indicated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

NYC & Israel Stand with People of Iran- 7/12/26-Times Sq

For Iran. For Freedom. For the Future. 

“We are a group of Iranian-Americans in New York who came together on July 12, 2026, out of a real need to be a clear voice for Iranians who want freedom, secular democracy and national unity. “


The Lion & Sun NY

The Lion and Sun is the Persian/Iranian flag before the 1979 revolution
A Strong Voice in New York.


A Vision for Iran.
Standing for Freedom.

“Our group stands firmly behind Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s vision for a free and democratic Iran, and we serve as a backbone of support for that vision here in New York.”


ISRAEL Stands With the People of Iran


Israel Is First Country in the World to Officially Recognize Iran’s Shah, Reza Pahlavi, as Leader of Iranian Opposition   

[Geller Reports]

Slide Show of Pictures

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An ill-tempered passerby, with nothing to fear,
let loose on the crowd supporting FREEDOM

FLASH BACK

.The next link revisits the Iranian Green Movement  protest I covered  in 2009 [with pictures and videos.] So little has changed.

[https://thesilentmajoritynomore.com/2009/07/25/iranian-factions-in-times-square-7-25-09/]

The Green Movement  occurred in the weeks following the highly contested June 12, 2009 presidential election, in which incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the victor.

The official results sparked massive, non-violent demonstrations across Iran as supporters of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi claimed the election was rigged.

The movement adopted the color green, and the government responded with widespread arrests, violence, and heavy suppression of dissent. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Back To the Future

In 2026, the situations of the two prominent Iranian reformist and Green Movement leaders diverge following their 15-year incarceration. [1, 2]

  • Mehdi Karroubi: Karroubi’s 15-year house arrest was officially lifted. He has made public statements challenging Iran’s current leadership and continues to advocate for the release of other political prisoners. [1, 2]
  • Mir-Hossein Mousavi: Despite negotiations for their joint release, Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, have remained under house arrest. Mousavi made headlines in early 2026 for strongly condemning the Iranian government’s crackdown on protesters. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

++The 40 years WAR++ going on 47 ++

The Iranian People’s Revolution has been ongoing since 1979.…. anti-government demonstrations began in October 1977, developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included communists, socialists, and Islamists

In addition to declaring the destruction of Israel as a core objective,[35][36]post-revolutionary Iran aimed to undermine the influence of Sunni leaders in the region by supporting Shi’ite political ascendancy and exporting Khomeinist doctrines abroad.[37] … seeking to establish an Iranian-led Shia political order in the Middle East.[38]

The Islamic Revolution of 1979.

[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/carterthe-president-who-betrayed-shah-to-khomeini/]

The revolution caused a drastic change in the Iranian culture. Iran was no longer a thriving country. This is part of the reason so many Iranians began to flee to America.[45]

2026 and IRAN/ PERSIA fights
to be FREE from Terrorism

On July 19, 2026: Iran ruthlessly executed two young men —for helping terrified protesters flee the regime’s brutal security forces during the widespread demonstrations earlier this year.

Erfan Esfandiari, 18, and Gol-Mohammad Mohammadi, a 23-year-old Afghan refugee, were hanged on Sunday for sheltering demonstrators from government bullets and offering them refuge inside their homes, Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist and activist, wrote for the Free Press, citing local reports.

The pair are among the 59 men arrested together during the January protests in Shahid Alikhani Square in Isfahan, during which Iranian officials say four security force members were killed.

Twelve of them, including Esfandiari and Mohammadi, were sentenced to death. Those dozen were moved into quarantine last week, which likely means the remaining 10 will be executed soon, according to Alinejad. [ NY POST] 

2009 t0 2026 : 17 years


Forty Seven Years!

And the People of Iran
STILL Yearn to be FREE!

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https://www.lionandsunnyinc.org/

[Where indicated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall- VSB]

NY Times: FIRE Kristof – END JEW HATRED- June 4th, 2026

Stop The Presses. End the LIES.
Fire Nicholas Kristof!

“The Israeli government rejects suggestions that it sexually abuses Palestinians, just as Hamas denied raping Israeli women.”

Who is Nichola Kristof: I’m an Opinion columnist for The New York Times, writing about foreign and domestic issues. What I Cover I often report from around the world.
nytimes kristof from www.nytimes.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Kristof

https://www.nytimes.com › nicholas-kristof


“The Israeli government rejects suggestions that it sexually abuses Palestinians, just as Hamas denied raping Israeli women. Israel welcomed a United Nations report documenting sexual assaults against Israeli women by Palestinians but rejected the report’s call to investigate Israeli assaults against Palestinians. Netanyahu has
denounced“baseless accusations of sexual violence” made against Israel.”
[https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/opinion/kristof-palestinian-sexual-assault.html?searchResultPosition=3]

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“Rampant sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners is a thing; it’s been normalized,” said Sari Bashi, an Israeli American human rights lawyer who is the executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel. “I don’t see evidence that it has been ordered. But there’s persistent evidence that the authorities know it’s happening and are not stopping it.”
[https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html]

Claims of Canine rape

Other Palestinian prisoners and human rights monitors have also cited reports of police dogs being coached to rape prisoners. The journalist said that when he was released, an Israeli official warned him: “If you want to stay alive when you return, do not speak to the media.”
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_That_Meets_the_Rape_of_Palestinians]

See also: Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza war § Use of dogs

Kristof reported that a journalist detained by Israel in Gaza in 2024 said that, while stripped naked, handcuffed, and blindfolded, he had been raped by a dog “with encouragement from a handler in Hebrew”.[1] Kristof wrote that there had been other reports from Palestinian prisoners and human rights groups that police dogs have been trained to rape prisoners.[1]

Some may wonder whether Palestinians fabricated accusations of sexual assaults to defame Israel. To me that seems far-fetched because none of those I interviewed sought me out or knew who else I was speaking to and they were reluctant to speak. Yet there is some evidence that Israel’s sexual abuse has become so frequent that norms are changing and Palestinian victims are becoming a bit more willing to speak out.

Think of it this way: The horrific abuse inflicted on Israeli women on Oct. 7 now happens to Palestinians day after day. It persists because of silence, indifference and the failure of American and Israeli officials alike to answer Netanyahu’s query: Where the hell are you?

Four videos in playlist- excerpts of the crowd chanting and the speakers:

Shai Davidai, David Christopher Kaufman, Scott Piro, Pastor William Devlin,  Ramon Maislen

 “They carry signs that say, “Resist the antizionist hate movement,” and, “Antizionism gets Jews killed.”

The protesters are demanding the retraction of a widely-criticized New York Times column that alleged systematic sexual abuse of Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

The demands also include disclosing the column’s editorial timeline, retraining staff on anti-Zionism, and the dismissal of the column’s author, Nicholas Kristof.

“Fire Kristof,” the protesters chant. [Times of Israel]

Flickr slide shows: Part 1- Outside NY Times. Interfaith New Yorkers United In Truth. Silenced No More. END JEW HATRED

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Part 2- This sequence includes an irate antizionist who was angry that the police made him move away from the protestors, as he was rude and loud.

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UPDATE on 6/15/26 of  Nicholas Kristof :

New York Times probes Nicholas Kristof columns after report he failed to disclose campaign donor connections

“Kristof returned to the Times in 2022 after his Oregon gubernatorial bid was deemed ineligible

Kristof has pushed various Gates Foundation’s initiatives, covered Gates’ prediction that gene editing could cure AIDS and even mentioned Gates referring to a book as a “must read.” None of those pieces included a disclaimer that Gates donated to his campaign and Kristof’s “What Trafficked Girls Think of Jeffrey Epstein and His Pals” made no mention of Gates.

The Times and Gates did not immediately respond when asked for comment. 

It’s hardly the first time Kristof has caused headaches for the Times. Last month, Kristof penned the infamous opinion piece that sparked outrage with allegations of serial sexual abuse by Israelis against Palestinian detainees.

Kristof said a Gaza journalist claimed he was “mounted” by a dog before adding, “Other Palestinian prisoners and human rights monitors have also cited reports of police dogs being coached to rape prisoners.”

[https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-probes-nicholas-kristof-columns-after-report-he-failed-disclose-campaign-donor-connections]

“Protesters stood inside NYPD barricades … holding signs that read “Shame on The New York Times for publishing anti-Zionist libels” and “The New York Times: All the blood libel that’s fit to print.”

The Times defended the piece, saying it was “backed by independent studies,” and rejected the notion that the article would be retracted.”

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 Re to hyphen or NOT to hyphen.

COWorker or co-worker OR COOP aka, co-op. There is a movement afoot to erase the hyphen. COW orker still offends me. (Big Time) So, I am adding this addendum supporting the erasure of the hyphen.

Conceptual Clarity

Advocates for the unhyphenated “antizionism” argue that the spelling change strips the term of its camouflaged academic legitimacy, exposing it as a distinct form of prejudice.

The “Antisemitism” Precedent: The push to drop the hyphen mirrors the widespread style change for “antisemitism”. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and major media outlets (like the AP and The New York Times) dropped the hyphen in antisemitism to stop legitimizing pseudo-scientific “Semite” race theories. [1, 2]

Dropping the hyphen in “antizionism” is a stylistic shift scholars and watchdogs use to denote a stand-alone ideology. While “anti-Zionism” (with a hyphen) implies legitimate political debate, “antizionism” (no hyphen) represents a modern, totalizing hostility against Jewish self-determination that often crosses into antisemitism. [1, 2, 3]

Talk amongst yourselves…..