Denison Forum
Dr. Jim Denison
On the same day Donald Trump said abortion restrictions should be left to the states, the Vatican released a twenty-page document reaffirming its opposition to surrogate parenthood, “gender theory,” and what the media euphemistically calls “gender-affirming surgery.” It also restated its opposition to abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty.
Meanwhile, a growing chorus is demanding that Israel declare a ceasefire in its war with Hamas and condemning the way the IDF has conducted its offensive in Gaza. This despite the fact that, as the Wall Street Journal’s Gerard Baker reports, critics are “demanding that a democratic country conduct war to standards that have never been met by any belligerent in history—and could never be met.” He asks: “If the Jewish state can be bullied into letting Hamas survive, how can any free nation defend itself?”
In related news, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad spokesperson captured by Israeli forces in Gaza has admitted that Islamic Jihad and Hamas use hospitals in the enclave, employ ambulances to move their soldiers around in the Strip, and manipulate international media for propaganda purposes. An IDF spokesperson noted: “Hamas uses the world media as their Iron Dome to prevent Israel from fulfilling our goals by manipulating [the] minds of decent people.”
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