Thai Deputy Interior Minister Polpeera Suwannachawi this week ordered provincial governors to inspect up to nine Chabad-Lubavitch centers nationwide, broadening a probe into a “network of Israelis” that lawmakers say bought land valued at nearly $3 million.

The centers, known as Chabad houses, belong to the New York-headquartered Chabad-Lubavitch movement, tied to radical settler-colonial politics in Palestine and ranking among the most influential Jewish groups in the world. 

Governors were told to carry out on-site checks and work with relevant agencies to confirm the legality of the land holdings, building permits, and funding behind the centers. [Read More]

Total betrayal.
The House of Representatives passed the NDAA 216-212.
7 Republicans voted NO.
6 Democrats voted YES.
This $1.1 trillion dollar military budget contains Sec 219 that ties our military intelligence and military industrial base to Israel.
Now it goes to the Senate. pic.twitter.com/kmFPOlJpBQ

— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) July 22, 2026

“Well kids, we did a false flag attack against ourselves so we had an excuse to murder everyone in Gaza. We tried to spin the genocide into a regional war through terror bombing of civilians, high-level assassinations and international blackmail rings, all while calling people… https://t.co/k9kWzsELl4

— Harrison H. Smith ✞ (@HarrisonHSmith) May 24, 2026

What are religious systems if not guides for ethics? Any religion worth its salt must give its followers a concrete notion of the good life - of virtue, justice, and rectitude. It needs to offer a conception of what counts as good in this world; it must explain how a person can be good, and how people collectively can create the best possible existence for themselves. These things will naturally be tied to a specific conception of God (or the gods), but still, concrete and specific ethical norms must be the outcome; otherwise, followers will be largely left in the dark regarding how to conduct a proper life.

Judaism is no exception. The basic outline of this religion is of course found in the Jewish Bible, the Old Testament (the Tanakh). Unfortunately, from an ethical perspective, the Old Testament is an utter fiasco: moral precepts abound, but they are ambiguous, contradictory, vapid, and arbitrary. And worse: they lead to a catastrophic and repulsive set of attitudes, as I will demonstrate. [Read More]