Month: March 2026

by Giulio Meotti

“Western countries are in a much worse situation than Israel in terms of their will to live”, Michel Houellebecq said from Jerusalem a year ago.

Nasrallah, Haniyeh, Sinwar, Deif and now Khamenei: in one year, Israel has demonstrated to its worst existential enemies that its will to live is not negotiable.

We didn’t take ISIS seriously and we saw how that ended.

And let’s think of North Korea: a communist statelet outside of history, ruled by a clown heir to the dictatorship, but which, thanks to the atomic bomb, enjoys immunity.

Sunni or Shiite, the Islamic nuclear apocalypse is a serious matter and should be taken as such. Instead, we Westerners think we live in a candy-pink world.

America can’t do a damn thing against us…Khomeini boasted as he held 52 American hostages for 444 days.

The Carter Administration had weakened the Shah’s government in favor of the Islamists who seized power, and groups of Muslim “students” claiming to have come “in peace” attacked the US embassy in Tehran.

Our failure to understand Iran in the 1970s foreshadowed our failure to understand its war for half a century.

The weakness of the flaccid Carter had transformed Khomeini’s provocation into a convincing state slogan.

America failed to prevent its diplomats and soldiers from being taken hostage and paraded through the streets, when Moshe Dayan declared: “It is inconceivable that Khomeini would make decisions that affect the security of the entire West without the West reacting.”

Supreme Leader Khamenei provoked Trump with the same slogan in June, after being asked to abandon Iran’s nuclear program. “Our answer is clear: they can’t do anything to us,” he echoed the regime’s founder. Khamenei had it written in Farsi on stage.

Now Trump has shown Iran that America can still do something.

The European reaction to America and Israel’s preemptive war against Iran is appalling: lukewarm statements, false distinctions, superficial distancing, power vacuums and a lack of political and military accountability.

Meanwhile, radical Islam has taken control of much of Western Europe with attacks at trains (Madrid), theaters (Paris), airports (Brussels), beaches (Nice), buses (London), Christmas markets (Berlin) and synagogues (Manchester).

The moment is crucial: no distinctions, no hesitation, no shyness. We must continue to break their backs until they understand that the free world will not be assimilated into their infernal project of subjugation.

We must stand with civilization, Israel and America’s Trump.

It remains to be seen whether the West still has enough backbone to figure out which side to take. I doubt it.

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A Green Party spin doctor has denied that women were raped in the October 7 attacks in 2023.

Abi Wilkinson, appointed just days before the party’s victory in Gorton & Denton’s by-election, posted on social media that “there is no Israeli woman who’s said she was raped by militants”.

She also wrote on X: “There’s absolutely no new evidence, there is not a single identified victim.”

There is evidence of rape and sexual violence being committed during the attack – in December 2023, the BBC reported that “few victims are thought to have survived to tell their own stories”.

Eyewitness accounts, officials and experts from Israel and the UN concluded there were “convincing evidence” of rapes, gang rape and sexual violence during the attack.

The 35-year-old also said she would not be “intimidated into pretending non-existent evidence from 7/10 is real”, the Daily Mail reports.

On October 7, 2023, 1,219 people were killed after an armed incursion carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups entered Israel.

There have been calls for Ms Wilkinson to be sacked.

Joani Reid, Labour MP for East Kilbride and Strathaven and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Against Antisemitism, said: “The commends linked to this Green Party press officer are repellent.

“Denying the October 7 atrocities, casting doubt on the rape and murder of women, and recycling anti-Semitic tropes is disgraceful.

“It insults victims and fuels fear in Jewish communities here at home.

“Zack Polanski should sack her – he won’t, and that tells you a great deal about the standards he is willing to live with.

“We should not be handling them with kid gloves because they wrap themselves in the progressive label.

“If a party harbours extremism, it should expect to be called out.”

Ms Wilkinson’s career before the Green Party’s press office includes writing for Novara Media, the left-wing news outlet, and for the Guardian.

Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party, praised her as a “prolific writer and fearless advocate for Palestine”.

The X account associated with Ms Wilkinson has since been deleted, but The Mail on Sunday revealed that she made repeated comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany.

In one post, she wrote that Israel was pursuing “Lebensraum”, the Nazi term for “living space” used to justify the invasion of Eastern Europe during World War II.

She also wrote that Israel was turning Gaza into a “concentration camp” and shared a post on X that used the term “Judeonazi”.

In another post, she responds to pictures of Israelis, writing: “Some of them are pretty and it doesn’t make them less demonic.”

Labour MP Natalie Fleet said: “Rape has been used as an act of war since time began.

“When political parties who seek power deny what happens to women, it sets us all back.

“Dismissing reports of sexual violence and mutilation during the October 7 Hamas attack is no different.

“People that refute the testimony of victims shouldn’t be anywhere near British politics.

The Dinah Project represents rape victims from the October 7 attack and has analysed evidence from various sources from the event.

They said, “Hamas used sexual violence as a tactical weapon”, adding that “most victims were permanently silenced”, because they were either killed or left too traumatised to talk.

Some of Hamas’s hostages have also described becoming “sex slaves” after being taken kidnapped.

A Green Party spokesman told the Mail on Sunday: “We do not comment on individual staff members.”

GB News has reached out to the Green Party.

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The conflict between the United States, Israel and the Islamist regime in Iran could result in terror blowback across Europe, German security officials have warned.

The chairman of the Bundestag’s Parliamentary Control Committee (PKGr), which oversees Germany’s intelligence services, warned on Sunday in comments reported by Die Welt that “retaliatory measures” by pro-Iranian regime terrorists, including “sleeper cells in Europe”, could not be ruled out.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said, “The Iranian regime has repeatedly demonstrated in the past that it carries out its terror beyond its own borders.

“The federal and state security authorities… are highly vigilant and will adjust appropriate protective measures as needed.”

Berlin’s Commissioner for Jewish Life and the Fight against Antisemitism, Felix Klein, said that in light of the conflict in Iran, it would be prudent to “assume an increased threat level for Jewish life in Germany.”

Following the outbreak of fighting, several German states said that they would review their security measures to protect Jewish or Israeli institutions, many of which have already been on high alert in the wake of the October 7th terror attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists in 2023

In neighbouring France, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called for regional governments to heighten security measures around Jewish places of worship.

“In light of the current international situation in the Middle East, I reiterate my instructions to remain vigilant and ask you to immediately implement enhanced security measures for Jewish places of worship and religious gatherings,” he said per Le Figaro.

Over the past decade, France and Germany have been primary targets for Islamic terror attacks in Europe. The two countries have also experienced a significant rise in antisemitic incidents following the October 7th attacks on the Jewish states.

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The mass shooter in Austin, Texas, who killed two and injured 14 others on Sunday morning, has reportedly been identified as Ndiaga Diagne, a 53-year-old Senegalese immigrant who was living in Pflugerville, Texas, as a naturalized citizen. 

Police reportedly also found a Quran in his car, and he was wearing clothing that said “Property of Allah” and a shirt that had Iranian representations on it.

This comes after the Iranian Supreme Leader and dozens of top Iranian officials were killed on Saturday in the US’s Operation Epic Fury.

Acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio field office, Alex Doran, told reporters earlier that they’ve found “indicators on the subject and in his vehicle that indicate potential nexus to terrorism” and that they are investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism.

UPDATE: Per multiple federal law enforcement sources to me & @Brooketaylortv, the Austin, TX mass shooter was wearing clothing that had the words “Property of Allah” on it and was possibly wearing an undershirt/T-shirt that had an Iranian flag or Iranian representations on it.

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 1, 2026

Per the New York Post:

The killer, who is a US citizen from Senegal, had a Quran in his car and clothing described as Islamic garb when he opened fire on Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden near the University of Texas-Austin campus, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

The gunman has a history of arrests in Texas, and is believed to have lived in New York City from 2000 to 2008, the sources said.

In another shooting on Sunday, nine people were shot at a Cincinnati, Ohio, music and event venue overnight. Details about the suspect in this case remain unclear.

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis further confirmed that a bomb squad was called in to investigate the suspect’s car, but they did not find a bomb.

Davis further told reporters that the suspect never entered the bar, and instead, “He drove by, was firing outside the window with a pistol. Once he exited the vehicle after parking on Wood, he exited with a rifle at that point.”

Police killed the gunman at the scene.

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Michael Maurer, an AfD candidate was attacked and injured at an information stand for the local elections in Upper Bavaria. According to police reports, three young adults attacked the 70-year-old after a verbal altercation at the stand in Rosenheim. The victim suffered bruises and injuries to his leg and stomach. An ambulance took the AfD politician to hospital. The police are investigating the two 18-year-olds and a 19-year-old for grievous bodily harm. The police have classified all three as members of a left-wing group.

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Nun ist auch der Name des Opfers des linksextremen Angriffs bekannt.

Es handelt sich um den Rotter AfD-Bürgermeisterkandidaten Michael Maurer >>> pic.twitter.com/JofzaBfelH

— _horizont_ (@hori_____zont) March 1, 2026

Is there any better evidence that the Europeans are as hidebound, bureaucratic, and ridiculous as we think they are than this statement from European Union Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran’s mullah regime?

Following the ongoing situation in Iran, I am convening a special Security College on Monday.

For regional security and stability, it is of the utmost importance that there is no further escalation through Iran’s unjustified attacks on partners in the region.

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 28, 2026

Don’t let the bombing of Iran, the retaliatory strikes against civilians in the Gulf states, the closure of airports and vital shipping lanes, the decapitation of its mullah leadership, and even the attack on EU-member Cyprus interfere with your weekend, fellas.

The talkfest at the Security College can wait till Monday. Because nothing gets between a eurochicken and his days off.

It’s by far the most telling statement about the frivolous priorities of the European Union, and the dead-serious mission to save the world from a nuclear strike of President Trump and his Israeli ally. There is even a new report out that Iran’s mullahs had been cooking up new terror attacks against the West, which could directly impact Europe, and this strike was to shut it down.

But Le Weekend beckons and that’s what’s really important: Nothing gets between a eurochicken and his weekend.

This tells us all we need to know about most of Europe’s reliability as a U.S. NATO ally. The vocal opposition to the strikes from Germany, France, the U.K. and Spain add more fuel to this fire, but the EU is the one that does it best.

If this isn’t reason enough for an immediate meeting of whatever it is they’ve got to add, what, exactly, is?

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Courts are used to listening to excuses, each more far-fetched than the last. The excuse given by this 21-year-old from Besançon is not without some novelty. When he refused to respond to the gendarmes’ order to stop, he said it was because he did not want to interrupt his Ramadan. We need to start from scratch to understand the cause and effect relationship. The fact remains that on Thursday, February 26, at around 3:30 p.m., motorized police officers from Villars-sous-Écot in the Doubs spotted a Citroën C4 Picasso that appeared to be speeding. (…)
Instead of obeying, the driver pressed the accelerator. A frantic chase ensued, covering almost 70 kilometres (…)

Due to his relatively clean criminal record and his attitude – he admitted to the crime – the public prosecutor’s office decided to proceed with a trial based on a prior admission of guilt. (…)

The young man from Besançon was sentenced to one year in prison, but with conditions. He will serve his sentence wearing an electronic tag.

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On today’s #NCFTrimble, we are joined by ex-BBC journalist Andrew Gold of the Heretics podcast. You can follow Andrew at www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics ‪@andrewgoldheretics‬

Two lanes are closed – for an Islamist mosque consisting of four pavilions. The Hessian Administrative Court officially allows mullah supporters to pray on the street. They are demonstrating against the German state. The state that closed their mosque because of terrorist links to the Iranian regime, and whose courts now allow the mobile tent mosque in front of the building.
From 6.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday evening, two lanes of Eschborner Landstraße at number 79 belong to the members of the Imam Ali Mosque. The Muslims arrive in vans and cars, set up the pavilions, lay out carpets and set up huge loudspeakers. Large posters in black, red and gold hang on the walls, bearing the federal eagle and ‘Art. 4 GG’, a reference to Article 4 of the Basic Law, which guarantees freedom of religion.

Young and old men, veiled women with children arrive from all over. The prayers begin at around 7:20 p.m. Calls from the Koran and chants boom from the loudspeakers, audible several hundred metres away.
Muslims are no longer allowed to enter the mosque behind them. It is barricaded. In July 2024, the then Federal Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser (55, SPD), banned the Islamic Centre Hamburg (IZH), which also includes the Imam Ali Mosque in Frankfurt. Because it is an arm of the regime in Tehran. For a year and a half, the community members have been demonstrating against this every Thursday evening and Friday afternoon.
The city of Frankfurt did not want to grant permission for the protest event in 2026. The mullah’s supporters first took the case to the Administrative Court in Frankfurt and then to the Administrative Court of Appeal. And they were proved right.

During the prayer on the street, the newspaper BILD encounters Muhsin Abboud (aged 26), who registered the mobile mosque. He states, ‘We are relieved that we have been proven right and that we can have confidence in German courts. We demand the return of the mosque.’
Hesse’s Interior Minister (55, CDU) Roman Poseck, on the other hand, says: ‘We must not allow prohibition proceedings to be undermined under the guise of freedom of assembly. It is paradoxical that groups invoke fundamental rights while at the same time trampling on our fundamental values.’
Across the street – without a blocked lane – Iranian counter-demonstrators stand on the narrow cycle lane and pavement. Young women without headscarves with bleached hair, men who have fled the Islamist terrorist regime. They shout: ‘Mullahs, piss off, nobody misses you.’

BILD meets Elnaz Yarijoo (37), who uses a megaphone to rail against the terrorist regime. She demands that German authorities refrain from making deals with the mullahs. Yarijoo: ‘This is not a normal mosque, it is an Islamist centre. They are controlled directly by Iran.’
The counter-demonstrators wave Persian flags. Chants from the crowd: ‘You don’t care about anything except your bloody prayers. We won’t let you pray today. You have murdered 30,000 young people in Iran! You pray on the blood of our children.’

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