138 journalists, artists, authors, activists, and public intellectuals call for ending censorship in the new "Westminster Declaration". I'm one of them.
I listened with great interest to the discussion between you and Bret Weinstein. Thank you for spending the hour with him. I learned a lot. I saw yesterday he was taking heat for asking what seemed to me to be very logical, not at all threatening to the state of Israel questions AND he was getting a lot of push back for the mere asking. Because asking questions during war is harmful to the good guys. We never seem to learn. Hopefully, people trying to shut down the questions will read this declaration and understand why it is good to resist censorship.
Continuing to pray for the people of Israel and their safety. Thank you for your reporting.
Thanks Efrat, I was not aware of The Westminster Declaration but this is a fantastic document and impressive list of signatories. I am reminded of John Milton's polemic for free speech titled Areopagitica which deserves reviewing yet again almost four-hundred years later.
A few years ago if you had told me people in a certain country we being arrested for the crime of “Harming National Morale”, I would have guessed North Korea or Iran.
The first casualty of war is always the TRUTH. I don't ever recall in Israel such a zealous quest to prosecute free speech. They want to prevent us from telling the truth, which means that we are right over the target 🎯
We should never accept as facts shit they are trying to feed us, which doesn't pass the common sense threshold.
"Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed--and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.
And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment-- the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution- -not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply "give the public what it wants"--but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion."
JOHN F. KENNEDY
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS: ADDRESS BEFORE THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, APRIL 27, 1961
That’s 10 signatures! I’ve heard about victims who are really struggling with this and need the support of their university. The silence of USC President Carol Folt and Chairwoman Suzanne Nora Johnson is very disappointing. If USC retaliates against you for signing this it will be for having been a good person: https://www.change.org/p/demand-justice-for-the-victims-of-george-tyndall-and-change-at-usc
Great to see the Westminster Declaration and the impressive list of signatories. Without a free press, enemies of Freedom will prevail. Keep up the Fight!
It was great to see your signature on the Westminster Declaration.
I'm interested in your thoughts on the following.
There have been assertions that the recent attack by Hamas on Israel civilians was motivated by Iran's concern over the Saudi Arabia/Israel negotiations. Do you agree with that?
In an interview released today on Rumble between Tucker Carlson and Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy said the Saudi Arabia/Israel negotiation included the US sharing nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia. This sharing agreement was going to dispense with past safeguards that assured the recipient would not use the technology for weapons development. If this would have caused a shift in the nuclear warfare balance of power in the Middle East could it have contributed to Iran's motivation for the attack?
I listened with great interest to the discussion between you and Bret Weinstein. Thank you for spending the hour with him. I learned a lot. I saw yesterday he was taking heat for asking what seemed to me to be very logical, not at all threatening to the state of Israel questions AND he was getting a lot of push back for the mere asking. Because asking questions during war is harmful to the good guys. We never seem to learn. Hopefully, people trying to shut down the questions will read this declaration and understand why it is good to resist censorship.
Continuing to pray for the people of Israel and their safety. Thank you for your reporting.
Thanks Efrat, I was not aware of The Westminster Declaration but this is a fantastic document and impressive list of signatories. I am reminded of John Milton's polemic for free speech titled Areopagitica which deserves reviewing yet again almost four-hundred years later.
About it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areopagitica
Full text: https://milton.host.dartmouth.edu/reading_room/areopagitica/text.shtml
This is 100% necessary!
A few years ago if you had told me people in a certain country we being arrested for the crime of “Harming National Morale”, I would have guessed North Korea or Iran.
The first casualty of war is always the TRUTH. I don't ever recall in Israel such a zealous quest to prosecute free speech. They want to prevent us from telling the truth, which means that we are right over the target 🎯
We should never accept as facts shit they are trying to feed us, which doesn't pass the common sense threshold.
"Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed--and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.
And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment-- the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution- -not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply "give the public what it wants"--but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion."
JOHN F. KENNEDY
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS: ADDRESS BEFORE THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, APRIL 27, 1961
https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/american-newspaper-publishers-association-19610427
Thanks Efrat
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That’s 10 signatures! I’ve heard about victims who are really struggling with this and need the support of their university. The silence of USC President Carol Folt and Chairwoman Suzanne Nora Johnson is very disappointing. If USC retaliates against you for signing this it will be for having been a good person: https://www.change.org/p/demand-justice-for-the-victims-of-george-tyndall-and-change-at-usc
Great to see the Westminster Declaration and the impressive list of signatories. Without a free press, enemies of Freedom will prevail. Keep up the Fight!
It was great to see your signature on the Westminster Declaration.
I'm interested in your thoughts on the following.
There have been assertions that the recent attack by Hamas on Israel civilians was motivated by Iran's concern over the Saudi Arabia/Israel negotiations. Do you agree with that?
In an interview released today on Rumble between Tucker Carlson and Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy said the Saudi Arabia/Israel negotiation included the US sharing nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia. This sharing agreement was going to dispense with past safeguards that assured the recipient would not use the technology for weapons development. If this would have caused a shift in the nuclear warfare balance of power in the Middle East could it have contributed to Iran's motivation for the attack?