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Last week I travelled to Brussels to attend the National Conservatism Conference. I was slated to speak on a panel on "The Future of Conservatism." Whether the panel would actually happen seemed in doubt for much of the time I was there, since the city's socialist authorities — working in tandem with their local extreme-left paramilitaries — came very close to successfully shutting down the conference. But by the second day we were still there, and it went forward. And in the end hopefully the drama served as just the right ambiance to help drive home the message on "the future" that I aimed to deliver to the mix of conservatives, classical liberals, populists, and various right-wing dissidents assembled there in the dark heart of European Values. This — in a very lightly edited transcript of my speech — is what I told them."What is to be done?" That seems to be the question on everyone's lips these days. Answering it is I think in fact the real purpose of this conference on National Conservatism here in Brussels.
Al Qassam published a video of an Israeli Soldier detained in Gaza, who identifies himself as Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
- The soldier, who appears with an amputated hand, says that he has serious injuries due to the continuous Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
- He blamed Netanyahu and the Israeli government for rejecting all deals to release him. He also holds Netanyahu responsible for the killing of other Israeli prisoners.
- The publication of the video sparked protests in Jerusalem with demands for Netanyahu's Resignation.
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