This past week has provided further proof of how many are afflicted with absurd fantasies and an unrealistic state of mind.

According to Wikipedia, those living in “cloud cuckoo land” are suffering, among other things, from expectations divorced from reality.

One of the unfortunate symptoms of this malady is the irrational urge to blame others for every misfortune that occurs. Not surprisingly, this specifically targets Jews, Israel and Zionists who have all become the automatic targets of today’s updated version of previous generations’ Cossacks, Brown shirts, Black shirts and Inquisitors.

While the brainwashed masses cannot be expected to show any semblance of common sense one would surmise that those more educated and informed might at least have a glimmering of reality.

Alas this is not the case as the following examples hopefully illustrate.

Immediately following Hezbollah’s barrage of rockets, which murdered a dozen Druze children playing soccer, the Iranian-sponsored terror group claimed responsibility. However, as soon as it transpired that the children killed were not Jews but Druze, Hezbollah changed its narrative and claimed that the massacre was instead caused by Israel. Right on cue the EU Foreign Policy Chief chimed in and stated that “an independent investigation was required.” Despite clear evidence of Hezbollah/Iranian culpability, the insatiable urge to tarnish Israel triumphed. Once the general and social media got hold of it the malicious idea that Israel deliberately targeted children playing soccer was firmly implanted in the fetid minds of all haters.

Hamas and other terror groups deliberately use civilians, including women and children, as human shields. The terrorists, moreover, are in mosques, schools, clinics and refugee camps where they store munitions, fire rockets, and establish bases. Tunnels are dug in children’s bedrooms, and places are booby-trapped. The UN and its corrupt officials ignore this, but when Israel targets these nests of terror, the world erupts in righteous wrath.

Once again, hypocritical condemnations of Israel are expected from human rights abusers. Double standards are plainly obvious when political leaders in democratic nations join in the cacophonous chorus.

Turkey’s make-believe latter-day Ottoman Sultan has threatened to invade Israel and aid the terrorists murdering Israelis. Instead of NATO reading the riot act to this Member State they remain shamefully silent. In fact, the Biden Administration is selling F16 jet fighters to Turkey. This is the depraved depths to which some Governments have now sunk.

Proving my assertion is the decision of the International Federation of Medical Student Associations to suspend Israel. According to this body “Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and displaying a lack of morals and humanitarian values.”  Realizing that the likes of Qatar. “Palestine”, Venezuela, Yemen, Iran, China and Russia are among its exalted members it is not hard to understand why Israel is targeted. The question remains as to what sort of outrage democratic nations will undertake in the face of this blatant bias.

Will they join their colleagues in “cloud cuckoo land” or will they rise up and demand that this travesty be rescinded? Australia is a member. What has been its response?

One of the oldest tricks in the book for those wishing to deflect attention of the masses away from leadership corruption and failure is to blame others for the misfortunes. Once upon a time it was the Jews who bore the brunt of this scapegoating. Nowadays, Zionists and Israel have been added to the list.

The “winner” of the recent corrupt Venezuelan elections, having had his ballot rigging activities exposed, quickly discovered the alleged culprits behind these embarrassing revelations. International Zionism was the sinister organization behind civil unrest in the country he claimed. This accusation by the far left President is reminiscent of the old days of Stalinist Soviet Union when Jews disappeared into the gulags after having been accused of nefarious Zionist conspiracies.

Proving that Zionist/Israel derangement syndrome knows no ethnic boundaries none other than Kanye West, also known as YE, claimed that Jews conspired to put him in hospital. Donald Trump subsequently asserted that YE “is very complicated but he has a good heart.”

Following the Olympic controversy about the gender status of an Algerian boxer, that country’s Olympic team blamed a “Zionist conspiracy” against her.

We can dismiss these occurrences as byproducts of sick minds and laugh them away as ludicrous lunacy. In the absence of any outrage and condemnation, however, they gain legitimacy and widespread acceptance.

Take the Egyptian Government’s proposal for post-war Gaza control as an example of how cloud cuckoo ideas rapidly become serious contenders for actual policy disasters. Egypt wants the corrupt Palestinian Authority to take over security at the Gaza Rafah border crossing. This is where the IDF has uncovered kilometres of tunnels used for smuggling weapons and terrorists into Gaza. Putting PA/Fatah security personnel in charge would be like putting a fox in charge of a chicken coop. The tragedy is that this cuckoo suggestion will be taken seriously.

The media revel in promoting deliberate distorted news disguised as factual reality. The latest glaring example was published in the Friday edition of the Jerusalem Post and was sourced from Reuters. It read in part as follows: “Israel’s antagonism with Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement has fanned fear of a broader conflict in a region already on edge amid 10 months of war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.”  

In the space of one paragraph, Reuters managed to convey to the uninformed that Israel is solely responsible for the conflict and its imminent spread. Hezbollah is described as a “movement” and Hamas are merely “militants.” There is no mention of Iranian plans to erase Israel or the pogrom perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October. Israelis kidnapped and held hostage does not feature in this disgraceful piece of tendentious reporting. The fact that the JP published this piece of deliberate deceptive news report speaks volumes about how Israel hate spreads worldwide with the help of sloppy journalism.

The gold medal award for astounding asinine detachment from the real world must surely go to the subject of this week’s news from Australia. I had to read the report on the Sydney Morning Herald site several times to verify that this was not a work of fiction.

It seems that Australia’s top spy (as he is described), who is supposed to keep all Australians safe from international terrorists, has determined that supporting Hamas should not be a barrier to obtaining a visa to enter the country. As reported, he declared that “providing financial support or material aid to Hamas may be a problem for Palestinians undergoing security checks as part of their visa application process. It is a different matter if people are expressing their support for Hamas because they want their homeland. If it’s just rhetorical support and they don’t have an ideology or support for a violent extremism ideology, then that’s not a problem.”  

In other words, if someone has donated funds to Hamas, that “might” complicate the visa process. However, supporting Hamas in its desire for a “homeland” and merely verbally expressing admiration is no impediment to issuing a visa.

Two critical aspects need to be addressed.

Hamas has been designated by the Australian Government as a terror organization. That being the case, how is it that the country’s top anti-terror czar has no qualms about admitting Palestinians swearing allegiance to the group’s stated aims?

Has he actually read the Hamas Charter, especially the part relating to a “homeland?”

“The Islamic Resistance Movement is a distinguished Palestinian movement, whose allegiance is to Allah, and whose way of life is Islam. It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine.” 

“Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.” 

“Palestine is an Islamic land… Since this is the case, the Liberation of Palestine is an individual duty for every Moslem wherever he may be.”

“The day the enemies usurp part of Moslem land, Jihad becomes the individual duty of every Moslem. In the face of the Jews’ usurpation, it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised.” 

 The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight Jews and kill them. Then, the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will cry out: ‘O Moslem, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him.”

“Zionism scheming has no end, and after Palestine, they will covet expansion from the Nile to the Euphrates River. When they have finished digesting the area on which they have laid their hand, they will look forward to more expansion. Their scheme has been laid out in the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’.” 

“HAMAS regards itself the spearhead and the vanguard of the circle of struggle against World Zionism… Islamic groups all over the Arab world should also do the same, since they are best equipped for their future role in the fight against the warmongering Jews.” 

    If, in the opinion of Mr. Burgess, “rhetorical” support of Hamas likely qualifies an individual for an Australian visa then all one can conclude is that Jews and friends of Israel had better be on their guard for probable future trouble.

Having already raised the terror threat in Australia from “possible” to “probable” this ascent into cloud cuckoo land undoubtedly must take the first prize in the woke world of hallucinatory thinking.

Nearly 100 organizations planning to protest against Israel next week in Chicago outside the Democratic National Convention are under the spotlight in a new report by a watchdog group.

The report, authored by NGO Monitor, highlights how left-wing activist hubs sympathizing with Hamas after its Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel are aiming to pressure Democrats to adopt anti-Israel policies. The forthcoming protest, which was dealt a blow this week after a federal judge rejected a request from activists for more space to demonstrate, comes as Republicans raise concerns over whether Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, will be tough on Hamas.

The Biden-Harris administration has called for de-escalation in the Middle East as Iran and its terrorist proxies attack Israel.

“The same NGO network that orchestrated and funded the mobs chanting ‘intifada now’ on university campuses and in major cities will be harassing and intimidating DNC delegates and participants in Chicago,” Gerald Steinberg, the founder and president of NGO Monitor, said in a statement.

Groups planning to protest outside the DNC between Aug. 19 and 22 include CODEPINK, Palestinian Feminist Collective, Students for Justice in Palestine Chicago, American Muslims for Palestine Chicago, and other pro-Palestinian groups active across the United States, NGO Monitor said in the report. One group, the ANSWER Coalition, was recently behind a violent protest in Washington, D.C.

Another, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, is an Israeli-designated terrorist group housed under a charity in Arizona, the Washington Examiner reported.

The anti-Israel coalition published a joint statement upon President Joe Biden deciding he would not run for reelection, accusing his administration of committing genocide in supporting Israel. NGO Monitor highlighted in the report how the DNC march coalition has “non-transparent” funding and is fundraising on the Action Network platform.

However, as the Washington Examiner has reported, many entities linked to anti-Israel protests, including the forthcoming one, are bankrolled by influential progressive dark money groups. The dark money groups, such as the Tides Center and its affiliated Tides Foundation, as well as the WESPAC Foundation, are fueled by Democratic megadonors such as George Soros and Bill Gates.

“The question is whether leaders of the Democratic party, including Vice President Harris, will stand firm against the antisemitic hatred and violence, in contrast to the university administrators,” Steinberg added in the statement.

NGO Monitor’s report highlights an investigative series by the Washington Examiner on Alliance for Global Justice, the Samidoun-linked group, and its ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The report noted that payment processors, including PayPal, Stripe, Salsa Labs, and Deluxe, cut ties with AFGJ over its terrorism ties.

The anti-Israel coalition has a wide variety of demands for Democrats, according to NGO Monitor. Those include ending U.S. aid to Israel, “community control of the police,” and others.

“We condemn the Democratic Party for promoting wars in Palestine, Ukraine, and countries all over the world, and for strangling dozens of countries with illegal sanctions that affect over 2 billion people,” the anti-Israel coalition said. “U.S. economic and military interests are behind the genocide in Gaza, and are threatening war on China. The US military puts the entire world in danger of war and targets people’s movements like in the Philippines and Colombia.”