In February PETA sprang into action to rescue a pigeon held in India which had been accused of spying for China. They secured its release.

In March five pairs of socks were found in a factory in Malaysia with the word ‘Allah’ printed on them. A team of 40 policemen carried out checks at the factory and rifled through 18,795 other socks to check for further offences. Malaysian media was replete with coverage and solemn concern over foot apparel.

You can guess where I’m going with this. Has the world gone completely mad? We are witnessing in real time the continuing genocide and onslaught on innocent women, children, babies and certainly many innocent men in Gaza. In the West Bank over 7,500 people (many of them children) have been arrested since October 7th – probably charged with existing and stealing Israeli air.

In Nazi Germany millions of Germans could have legitimately stated that they did not know what was going on deep in the forest in the concentration camps. With no mobile phones and no daily journalists prying and asking questions, it could have been kept reasonably hidden from the general........

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