„Są przeciwni zasadom kraju, w którym żyją”: islamizacja Europy


„Są przeciwni zasadom kraju, w którym żyją”: islamizacja Europy

Robert Williams


Hamas już dwukrotnie dziękował Belgii za jej wsparcie. Być może Belgię i inne kraje, które sprzymierzają się z ugrupowaniami terrorystycznymi i udzielają im schronienia, należałoby uznać za zagrożenie dla bezpieczeństwa Europy? Na zdjęciu: propalestyńska demonstracja w Brukseli.

W samym sercu Unii Europejskiej Belgia stanowi być może lepszy niż jakikolwiek inny kraj Europy Zachodniej przykład tego, do jakiego stopnia elity polityczne zdają się wręcz delektować skalą islamizacji Europy.

W lipcu 2026 r. izraelski Channel 12 News wyemitował reportaż ostrzegający, że terroryści Hamasu, w tym wysoko postawieni członkowie Brygad Al-Kassam tej organizacji, mieszkają obecnie w Antwerpii – a niektórzy z nich, według mieszkających tam Palestyńczyków z Gazy sprzeciwiających się Hamasowi, otrzymują belgijskie obywatelstwo.

„Mała Gaza”, jak w reportażu określana jest dzielnica w północnej Antwerpii, zamieszkana jest przez dużą liczbę Palestyńczyków z Chan Junus, ważnego bastionu Hamasu. Według relacji rozmówców z Gazy mieszkańcy powiązani z Hamasem handlują tam nielegalnymi narkotykami, prowadzą sklepy i restauracje, a uzyskane dochody wysyłają Hamasowi w Gazie. Rozmówcy odważyli się wypowiedzieć jedynie anonimowo, obawiając się zemsty miejscowych zwolenników Hamasu.

„Czujesz się, jakbyś odwiedzał Palestynę” – powiedział jeden z Arabów. Miejscowy piekarz, sprzedający wyłącznie specjały z Gazy, zgodził się, że spacer tą ulicą przypomina „spacer po Chan Junus”.

Według reportażu Channel 12:

„W Małej Gazie, w samym sercu Antwerpii, można dosłownie poczuć zapach Strefy. Od restauracji… po sklepy i supermarkety – większość właścicieli firm pochodzi z Chan Junus. Nazwy sklepów również odzwierciedlają charakter tutejszych imigrantów: od »Haifa Market«, przez »Rafah Market«, aż po, oczywiście, »Al Quds«…

„Niektórzy ludzie na tej ulicy popierają Hamas, oni także pochodzą z Gazy. Inni mówią, że to organizacja terrorystyczna. Ale nikt nie odważy się powiedzieć tego głośno, ponieważ wiedzą, że ta organizacja terrorystyczna może dopaść każdego za pośrednictwem swoich ludzi, którzy również są tutaj… głosy sprzeciwu wobec Hamasu są w Gazie jedynie szeptem z powodu strachu przed groźbami organizacji terrorystycznej. Dziwne jest jednak to, że ludzie boją się także tutaj, w Antwerpii, w Belgii, w Europie…”

Dziennikarz, Izraelczyk, zapytał jednego z mieszkańców Gazy, czy osobiście zna kogokolwiek z Hamasu mieszkającego w Antwerpii. Mężczyzna odpowiedział:

„Człowiek, który mnie przesłuchiwał, potem jak odwiedziłem Izrael, jest w Antwerpii… i ma teraz belgijskie obywatelstwo. Był nawet dowódcą Hamasu w oddziale Din Al-Kassam… zbiera pieniądze… wszystkie te firmy, które oni [Hamas] tutaj otworzyli. Datki są zbierane za pośrednictwem banków. Mają tu firmy, mają narkotyki”.

„Wysyłają pieniądze Hamasowi i go wspierają” – powiedział inny mieszkający tam Palestyńczyk z Gazy. Wspomniał o zbiórkach na rzecz dzieci z Gazy jako jednym ze sposobów pozyskiwania darowizn.

„Europa powinna się obudzić. Jeśli pozostanie bierna, zostanie zniszczona od środka. Właściwie już niemal została zniszczona. Jeśli Europa się nie obudzi i nie zacznie ścigać tych ludzi… ci ludzie to nie tylko Hamas. Ci ludzie są przeciwni wolności, przeciwni demokracji, przeciwni świeckości, są przeciwni podstawowym zasadom kraju, w którym żyją”.

Belgijscy politycy nie wydają się jednak szczególnie zaniepokojeni tym narastającym zagrożeniem politycznym, kulturowym i demograficznym. Po emisji reportażu belgijski deputowany federalny Sam van Rooy, będący również radnym Antwerpii z ramienia partii Vlaams Belang, wystąpił o zwołanie nadzwyczajnej sesji rady miasta, ale nie zdołał zebrać wystarczającej liczby głosów.

Według Van Rooya:

„Ten szczególnie niepokojący reportaż pokazuje, że członkowie Hamasu i terroryści nie tylko mieszkają w Antwerpii i prowadzą sklepy oraz restauracje, ale także finansują Hamas w Gazie i grożą przeciwnikom Hamasu. Nie ma dla nich miejsca w naszym mieście i muszą zostać odnalezieni, zatrzymani i deportowani”.

Posiedzenia nie zwołano; żadna inna partia nie uznała go za konieczne.

Ta obojętność wobec bezpieczeństwa miejscowych społeczności chrześcijańskiej i żydowskiej, a także miasta i całego kraju, jest szczególnie rażąca po ujawnieniu dokumentów wskazujących, że Hamas planował w Europie masowy atak na cele żydowskie i izraelskie na wzór 7 października, który miał nastąpić w drugą rocznicę zbrodni z 7 października 2023 r.

Już w lutym 2024 r. belgijski minister sprawiedliwości Paul Van Tigchelt potwierdził, że belgijskie władze są w pełni świadome działalności Hamasu w tym kraju. Dał przy tym dość jasno do zrozumienia, że nikogo to szczególnie nie obchodzi. „Jak dotąd wiemy, że Hamas działa w Belgii za pośrednictwem różnych firm. Działalność (…) koncentruje się na lobbingu i zbieraniu funduszy” – stwierdził wówczas.

W rzeczywistości Hamas ma w Belgii znacznie więcej niż sklepy i restauracje. Ma firmy-przykrywki działające tuż obok Komisji Europejskiej i Rady UE.

Można by być może argumentować, że belgijski rząd, który dał się poznać jako skrajnie antyizraelski, nie przejmuje się tym, że Hamas zbiera w kraju fundusze: ofiarami są „tylko” Izraelczycy i Żydzi. Jak dotąd.

Status Europy jednak się zmienił. Niemiecki federalny prokurator generalny Jens Rommel – którego urząd koordynował zatrzymania dziewięciu podejrzanych członków Hamasu stojących za europejskim spiskiem terrorystycznym na wzór 7 października – ostrzegł w czerwcu, że Europa nie służy już organizacjom terrorystycznym głównie jako miejsce pozyskiwania środków na finansowanie terroryzmu.

„Przeciwnie, Niemcy i inne kraje europejskie są obecnie w coraz większym stopniu postrzegane jako obszary prowadzenia potencjalnych ataków. Jest to szczególnie wyraźnie widoczne w przypadku Hamasu. W celu przygotowania ataków w Europie jego zagraniczni operacyjni członkowie, sympatycy lub osoby powiązane z przestępczością zorganizowaną zdobywają i przemycają broń. Często posiadają europejskie obywatelstwo lub zezwolenia na pobyt w strefie Schengen, co pozwala im swobodnie się przemieszczać. Są niezwykle mobilni i mają rozległą sieć kontaktów, a niektórzy dysponują znacznymi środkami finansowymi”.

W Belgii jednak takie obawy wydają się nie odgrywać żadnej roli. W 2024 r. do kraju trafiła połowa wszystkich palestyńskich wniosków o azyl złożonych w całej UE. Tylko w tym jednym roku Belgia przyznała formalny status uchodźcy 3281 Palestyńczykom.

Terrorysta Hamasu z Chan Junus, Mohannad al-Khatib, który uczestniczył w masakrze 7 października 2023 r., lecz określa się mianem niezależnego dziennikarza, mógł swobodnie wjechać do Belgii i wystąpić tam o azyl. Belgijskie władze zostały poinformowane o jego terrorystycznej przeszłości dopiero kiedy działające w Antwerpii Jewish Information and Documentation Center (JID) zebrało informacje na jego temat, pochodzące z nagrań przedstawiających go na terytorium Izraela lub w jego pobliżu podczas inwazji Hamasu.

Ralph Pais, wiceprzewodniczący JID, powiedział:

„To niezrozumiałe, że wolontariusze i zwykli obywatele byli w stanie zidentyfikować tego człowieka na podstawie otwartych źródeł, podczas gdy nasze służby bezpieczeństwa najwyraźniej nigdy go nie zauważyły. Materiał wyraźnie pokazuje, że filmował przemoc, oklaskiwał ją i otwarcie wyraża poparcie dla Hamasu, ataków rakietowych i męczeństwa.

„Każdy, kto chce w Europie chronić synagogi, szkoły, kościoły, metro czy imprezy publiczne, ma wszelkie powody, by dopilnować, aby terroryści nie przedostawali się tutaj niezauważeni. To nie jest problem żydowski, lecz problem europejski. Domagamy się pełnej przejrzystości w kwestii tego, w jaki sposób takie osoby uzyskały dostęp do Europy, oraz natychmiastowych kontroli bezpieczeństwa przeprowadzonych przez właściwe organy”.

Chociaż wniosek Al-Khatiba został ostatecznie odrzucony przez Belgię, pozostał on w kraju – gdzie najwyraźniej nadal mieszka – i może swobodnie podróżować po całej UE. Nikogo to nie obchodzi.

Hamas już dwukrotnie dziękował Belgii za jej wsparcie. Być może Belgię i inne kraje, które sprzymierzają się z ugrupowaniami terrorystycznymi i udzielają im schronienia, należałoby uznać za zagrożenie dla bezpieczeństwa Europy?


Robert Williams mieszka w Stanach Zjednoczonych.

Link do oryginału: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22787/islamization-of-europe-belgium

Gatestone Institute, 25 sierpnia 2026


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Qatar’s stooges want to delegitimize pro-Israel voices critical of Vance


Qatar’s stooges want to delegitimize pro-Israel voices critical of Vance

Jonathan S. Tobin


“The Daily Caller,” founded by Doha homeowner Tucker Carlson, is trying to smear JNS for highlighting the troubling connection between his Islamist allies and the veep.

From left: Right-wing political commentator Tucker Carlson, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.); Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump; Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio); and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, July 15, 2024. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

Are some of Vice President JD Vance’s allies worried about scrutiny of his connections to the network of Qatar-connected donors supporting both him and his friend Tucker Carlson? Apparently, so.

While most Americans are focused on the fall midterm elections, the vice president is beginning to transition toward a potential 2028 presidential campaign run. That’s why those who think they have a stake in him becoming President Donald Trump’s successor seem interested in trying to silence Americans discussing a topic that they’d prefer to go unnoticed—namely, the troubling connections between him and a network of donors whose interests are linked to that of the home base of the Muslim Brotherhood and its leading American booster, Tucker Carlson.

Similar tactics on the left and the right

That’s the only plausible explanation for a broadside published in the Daily Caller last week aimed at smearing JNS podcast host Emily Schrader. The goal of the unsourced hit piece wasn’t just an attack on her; it also sought to delegitimize JNS and, by extension, pro-Israel and Jewish voices in general as somehow un-American and a “foreign-influence operation.”

Both in tactics and goals, it bears a striking resemblance to the main campaign themes of hard-left antisemitic Democratic candidates like Michigan senatorial hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. He won a primary by asserting that the country’s greatest problem was the efforts of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC. Meaning, he and the party’s left-wing intersectional base take issue with the fact that many Americans, including Jews, organize and use their constitutionally protected right to political speech.

They think that there’s something wrong with using the tools of democracy to promote the U.S.-Israel alliance and assert that it’s in the interests of America to preserve it. And Democrats, whether they call themselves “progressives”—or are affiliated with or allied to the Democratic Socialists of America—have been winning primaries throughout 2026 by treating opposition to the Jewish state as one of the organizing principles of their candidacies.

The anti-Israel and antisemitic groyper wing of the GOP may be far less significant than their moral equivalents on the other side of the political aisle. They’ve flopped in virtually every contest in which they have been engaged; still, they are pinning their hopes on the vice president.

Vance has become the most prominent critic of Israel in the Trump administration, who at times has seemed an advocate for President Barack Obama’s policy of appeasing Iran. More important than that, at least up until this moment, is that he has taken a stand in which he is asserting support for the inclusion of antisemitic groypers in the GOP coalition, including his longtime friend and key ally podcaster Tucker Carlson.

Carlson, a former popular Fox News host, has become America’s most prominent and arguably most dangerous antisemite. To date, Vance has stuck by his friend and states that he intends to in the future. But the issue of his association with Carlson goes beyond that. The same people who have funded Carlson’s podcast since he was fired by Fox in 2023 are friends and allies of the vice president who are beginning to line up behind his presidential prospects. As Schrader pointed out last week in her “Axis of Truth” podcast, the network of friends of Vance and Carlson is filled with connections to Qatar, up to and including those who have registered as agents of the Islamist emirate under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

The Daily Caller was founded by Carlson and hedge-fund manager Neil Patel in 2010. Once Carlson rose to prominence with a prime-time show on Fox, he sold his interest in the company to Patel, who remains its publisher.

Patel has denied, as has Carlson, that he is beholden to or connected to Qatari interests. But he has spoken at forums sponsored by the Qatari government. And Carlson has become Qatar’s leading cheerleader in the United States, lauding its Islamist government, which funds terror groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis while also playing a double game by posing as an American ally and hosting a U.S. airbase. Indeed, Carlson has even purchased a home in the tyrannical emirate, where foreign workers are treated like slaves.

Doha’s influence operation

Qatar has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years in lobbying and public advocacy in the United States. It has also poured billions of dollars into American educational institutions. The country has turned elite schools into places where its Muslim Brotherhood-inspired propaganda that seeks to undermine and defeat Western civilization is taught as a form of scholarship. That not only dwarfs the amounts spent by AIPAC and pro-Israel donors, but has helped to mainstream and normalize the sort of antisemitic invective about Israel and the Jews that has flooded public forums since the Hamas-led Palestinian-Arab terror attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Their web of influence extends into the Trump administration. They bailed out Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff when he was in financial trouble and have extensive business dealings with Donald Trump Jr. and presidential adviser/son-in-law Jared Kushner.

All of this is fair game for commentary on what has become the most extensive and potentially dangerous instance of a foreign-influence operation in modern American history. But the fact that JNS is taking note of it—rather than ignoring it, as most of the mainstream media as well as those outlets that cover Israel and the Middle East have been doing—is getting on the nerves of friends of Vance, Carlson and Qatar. And that’s the reason for the bizarre Daily Caller hit piece on Shrader and JNS.

At its core is a classic deception that attempts to flip the narrative of the story.

And so, in this upside-down view of the world, the fact that JNS has taken note of Qatar’s influence, Carlson’s antisemitism and posed questions about their connection with Vance is apparently evidence that it is a foreign-influence operation. They claim that JNS and Schrader are part of a plan for a foreign power (Israel) to manipulate U.S. policy and even elections.

If this sounds familiar, it should. It’s the same smear that El-Sayed and left-wing antisemites similarly obsessed with Israel can’t stop talking about.

Before the purpose of this big lie is unpacked, let’s understand a few facts.

JNS does have an office and a podcast studio in Jerusalem, and it changed its name this year to reflect its focus on Israel, the U.S.-Israel alliance and supporters of all faiths. But it remains an American nonprofit organization, registered in the United States and operating under U.S. laws. Unlike those who get their money from Qatar and its network of supporters, JNS is funded almost entirely by American donors.

Like them, I’m an American citizen, and as editor-in-chief, I write, podcast and supervise the operation of the news and opinion sections from the United States. Schrader, like some others on staff who are part of the JNS-TV podcast network and live and work in Israel, is also an American citizen.

Like the majority of Americans, we care about Israel’s survival, as well as the necessity for people of goodwill to take note of and fight back against the war on the West being waged by the red-green alliance of Marxists and Islamists, cheered on by their deluded right-wing antisemitic allies like Carlson.

A classic antisemitic trope

The motives behind the effort to falsely label JNS as part of a malign plot against America by those, like the Daily Caller, who are themselves linked to a real foreign-influence operation or are supportive of it, are obvious. They want to shut JNS up for the same reason that drives similar efforts by their strange bedfellows on the left. They further want to silence Jews, and most Americans who are not Jewish, who also back Israel.

The idea that Jews and supporters of Israel are part of a plot to purchase power, subvert America and manipulate it—or act against the nation’s interests—is taken straight out of the traditional antisemitic playbook dating back to The Protocols of The Elders of Zion. Those who play this game can feign innocence by trying to blow smoke in their readers’ eyes by mischaracterizing JNS and what has been reported all they like. But it won’t deter us from telling the truth about the issue.

Vance still has the chance to discard Carlson and the rest of the Qatar fan club before he launches his 2028 campaign. It could happen. Opinion writers and podcasters have been pleading with him to do it since September 2024.

At that time, Carlson caused outrage across the political spectrum because of his platforming Holocaust denier Daryl Cooper and calling him our “greatest popular historian.” Vance was scheduled to appear with the former Fox host at a campaign appearance later that month. I urged him to cancel the appearance to draw a line between himself and that of his buddy, who had done so much to promote his political career but whose outright bigotry was now too obvious to ignore.

He would not. And much of what has followed in terms of Vance’s public neutrality about Carlson’s Jew-hatred and conspiracy-mongering, as well as his disingenuous denial that there is a surge of antisemitism that has spread to the right, follows from that moment.

That he would not do the right thing when it comes to Carlson and the groypers prior to launching a presidential campaign is ill-advised. After all, Trump has already unceremoniously booted Carlson and other Israel-bashers out of the GOP and banished him from Mar-a-Lago. Appealing to the broad mainstream of public opinion rather than the groypers, conspiracy theorists and Qatar stooges would be the obvious move for someone who wants to win. But it would also likely involve antagonizing people like Omeed Malik, the head of the 1789 Capital firm that provided the financing to launch the Tucker Carlson network; the presidential namesake who was also part of that deal; and the podcaster himself.

The tentacles of Qatar’s influence operation reach deep into political, business and academic elites in the United States. That’s an issue that deserves to be aired out. As a journalistic enterprise dedicated to reporting without the usual filter of left-wing bias, as well as to telling the truth regardless of where it leads, JNS is not going to shy away from reporting and commenting on what this means for Americans and the West.

If Qatar’s American quislings think that they can intimidate anyone at JNS, they’ve come to the wrong shop.

Shrader has made a name for herself, courageously speaking out on the efforts of Iran’s allies and influencers to spread propaganda fostered by the Muslim Brotherhood. And, as someone who has written numerous columns about Vance, including some that were supportive prior to his betrayal of American values at Turning Point USA in December 2025, I will also continue to cover the issue. The same applies to our other featured columnists and op-ed contributors. Our reporters will also not hesitate to go on noting the relevance of the connections between Qatar and Carlson—and any other politician who aspires to high office along with our dogged coverage of the antisemitic left’s hijacking of the Democratic Party whenever necessary.

The smear campaigns of the Daily Caller, the groypers and their allies, as well as the DSA and the hard-left, are a sign that we are hitting them where it hurts. It’s just another incentive for JNS to continue to do the work expected by its supporters, readers, viewers and listeners. Our answer to them is unchanged. Bring it on. We won’t stop reporting the truth.


Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, a senior contributor for The Federalist, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to many other publications. He covers the American political scene, foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy, the Jewish world and the arts. He hosts the JNS “Think Twice” podcast, both the weekly video program and the “Jonathan Tobin Daily” program, which are available on all major audio platforms and YouTube. Previously, he was executive editor, then senior online editor and chief political blogger, for Commentary magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia and editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. He has won more than 60 awards for commentary, art criticism and other writing. He appears regularly on television, commenting on politics and foreign policy. Born in New York City, he studied history at Columbia University.


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Qatar’s growing influence inside the American right


Qatar’s growing influence inside the American right

Emily Schrader



Is Qatar quietly buying influence inside the American right? On this episode of Axis of Truth, Emily Schrader follows the money connecting a major J.D. Vance fundraiser, Tucker Carlson’s media network and registered Qatari agents, arguing that Doha’s influence operation is increasingly targeting conservative politics and media. She also examines Turkey’s growing confrontation with Israel and calls for Ankara’s expulsion from NATO, before turning to Paramount’s clash with Mark Ruffalo, an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to bomb the New York State Capitol and questions surrounding Spain’s economic ties with Iran.

Correction: The video misstated that Steve and Alex Witkoff were among the founders of 1789. This should have said “Zach and Alex Witkoff,” as Steve was not a cofounder. We apologize for this error.

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Welcome to “Axis of Truth,” a fearless JNS series hosted by Emily Schrader—renowned journalist, human-rights activist and outspoken critic of authoritarian regimes. Each week, Schrader cuts through spin and censorship to uncover the political agendas, media manipulation and propaganda shaping Israel news and the broader Middle East. From Tehran to Tel Aviv and Washington to Damascus, “Axis of Truth” confronts the narratives driving conflict, misinformation and moral confusion in global coverage of Israel. Whether dissecting the Iranian regime’s election theater, Hamas’s tactics or the Western media’s distortion of Jewish self-defense, Schrader brings clarity and courage to stories too often clouded by ideology.

Featuring in-depth interviews with dissidents, security experts, political leaders and journalists, Axis of Truth delivers hard-hitting analysis and unfiltered commentary on the issues that define the Middle East today. Episodes range from exclusive reporting on Gaza and Iran to exposés of Western hypocrisy, social media disinformation and the global networks enabling terror. With a sharp focus on facts, context and accountability, Schrader challenges both policymakers and the press to tell the truth about Israel’s fight for survival and the threats facing free societies.

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Wojsko USA w pobliżu granicy zestrzeliło laserami drony karteli. To przyszłość takiej obrony?

Agenci Straży Granicznej USA i funkcjonariusze organów ścigania biorą udział w operacji ochrony granicy. Meksykańskie siły zbrojne także patrolują granicę w Ciudad Juarez, po tym jak Stany Zjednoczone uznały meksykański Kartel z Juarez za zagraniczną organizację terrorystyczną. El Paso, Teksas, USA, 13 sierpnia 2026 r. (Fot. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez)


Wojsko USA w pobliżu granicy zestrzeliło laserami drony karteli. To przyszłość takiej obrony?

Maciej Czarnecki


Nad swoim systemem pracuje m.in. Polska. Lasery są znacznie tańsze niż pociski antydronowe, ale mają też poważne wady.


O zestrzeleniu dronów poinformowały w czwartkowym (27.08) oświadczeniu Dowództwo Północne USA i Dowództwo Obrony Północnoamerykańskiej Przestrzeni Powietrznej i Kosmicznej USA.

Operację przeprowadzono z wtorku na środę (z 25.08 na 26.08) w Dolinie Rio Grande, w pobliżu granicy amerykańsko-meksykańskiej. Wojsko tłumaczyło, że trzy drony meksykańskich karteli stanowiły „fizyczne zagrożenie” dla żołnierzy i agentów straży granicznej.

Jak opisuje agencja Reuters, meksykańskie organizacje przestępcze korzystają w tym regionie z bezzałogowców głównie po to, by dostarczać paczki z narkotykami lub monitorować szlaki przerzutu. W częściach kraju położonych dalej od granicy ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi zdarzało się, że służyły one do przeprowadzania ataków z ładunkami wybuchowymi.

Nie jest jasne, czy drony unieszkodliwiono po amerykańskiej, czy meksykańskiej stronie.

Agencja Reuters przypomina, że prezydentka Meksyku Claudia Sheinbaum ostrzegała, iż działania USA na meksykańskiej ziemi (w tym przypadku w przestrzeni powietrznej) stanowiłyby naruszenie suwerenności jej kraju. 

Armia nie podała też, jaki dokładnie system antydronowy wykorzystano do strącenia bezzałogowców.  

Broń laserowa coraz powszechniejsza. Mają ją m.in. Izrael i Ukraina, a Polska nad nią pracuje

Skądinąd wiadomo jednak, że wojsko USA od 2025 roku ma na wyposażeniu system Locust firmy AeroVironment. W lutym 2026 roku omyłkowo zestrzeliło laserem drona amerykańskiej straży granicznej, co wywołało lawinę pytań od demokratów na Kapitolu.

Podobne systemy laserowe mają Izrael (Iron Beam i Lite Beam koncernu Rafael), Wielka Brytania (Dragon Fly) czy Ukraina (Sunray firmy LAZR). W Polsce nad takim rozwiązaniem pracuje Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna (WAT).

Lasery niszczą drona, skupiając na nim wiązkę promieniowania, która przepala elementy konstrukcji i podzespoły. Oddziaływanie termiczne wymaga jednak czasu: wiązka musi być skupiona na bezzałogowcu co najmniej przez kilka, a często kilkanaście sekund.

Skuteczność użycia laserów poważnie zmniejszają czynniki pogodowe, takie jak mgła, deszcz czy dym. W dodatku lasery stanowią obronę powietrzną krótkiego zasięgu, efektywną na maksymalnie kilka kilometrów.  

Z drugiej strony, unieszkodliwianie dronów laserami jest znacznie tańsze niż za pomocą pocisków (nierzadko kosztujących dziesiątki tysięcy dolarów) czy nawet niedrogich dronów przechwytujących. Podczas prezentacji Sunraya przekonywano, że koszt zniszczenia jednego wynosi 50 centów.

Systemy laserowe mają też nieograniczoną „amunicję”.

Polacy pracują nad własną bronią laserową

Polski projekt systemu ASBL, nad którym pracuje WAT, będzie mógł być wykorzystywany także do obrony miast. Konstruktorzy zapowiadają, że na zniszczenie drona laser będzie potrzebował od 10 do 20 sekund a koszt takiego „strzału” wyniesie około 100 złotych. 

– Zadaniem systemu będzie namierzanie, śledzenie i unieszkodliwianie dronów obserwacyjnych, FPV, dronów kamikadze w maksymalnej odległości półtora kilometra

– powiedział na początku sierpnia kierownik projektu i dyrektor Instytutu Optoelektroniki WAT Krzysztof Kopczyński (cyt. za miesięcznikiem „Polska Zbrojna”).

Projekt systemu ASBL uzyskał dofinansowanie ponad 33 milionów złotych z Narodowego Centrum Badań i Rozwoju (NCBiR) w ramach programu „PERUN”.


Redagowała Iwona Görke


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The Dream We Let Fade


The Dream We Let Fade


Michael Tobin


When I was an 18-year-old civil rights volunteer, a Black woman took me into her home in Tennessee and treated me like a son. Now, at 80, I worry that the fragile bond between our communities has frayed.

Civil rights demonstrators, including Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, March 22, 1965. / AFP via Getty Images

A few months ago, I joined the advisory board of the Prohuman Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes every person’s individuality and shared humanity. When I met its leadership shortly thereafter, they showed me a graphic for a new campaign to restore the weathered plaque at the Lincoln Memorial marking the site where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Millions of visitors pass by it each year, yet few notice it. The plaque itself had faded badly. The words are still there, but time has nearly erased them. It was a stark reminder of how easily even our most important memories can disappear, not because they no longer matter, but because no one has paused long enough to restore them.

I found myself thinking about one of King’s most famous lines: “I have a dream that one day little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” Visions, like plaques, require maintenance. Left unattended, both can weather, fade, and eventually disappear from view. It became clear to me that restoring the plaque was about more than bronze and stone. It was about reviving something that has faded over the years: Dr. King’s dream.

The alliance between Blacks and Jews that once stood at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement seems far weaker than it did when I was a young civil rights worker in the 1960s. My conversation with the foundation’s leaders took me back to those years and to the work I was privileged to take part in. I picked up a book by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel that sat on my table and showed it to them.

“Heschel marched with King from Selma to Montgomery,” I said.

Then I added something I hadn’t considered for years.

“I was there.”

They immediately wanted to know more.

As I began to talk, faded memories returned. At first, they came in fragments: the growling of police dogs, the hatred on the white faces behind barricades, the spittle that landed near our feet, the cheap hamburgers I seemed to eat nonstop, and a church in Atlanta where we were taught to remain calm when people screamed at us, cursed us, and wanted us gone.

Then another memory surfaced. The summer after Selma. The West Tennessee Voters Project.

My mother was horrified when I told her I wanted to volunteer. Only a year earlier, two young Jewish civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, along with James Chaney, had been murdered in Mississippi.

“You want him to end up like Goodman and Schwerner?” she asked my father.

My father reacted differently. An adventurer by temperament, he shrugged and said, “It’s what he has to do.”

Visions, like plaques, require maintenance. Left unattended, both can weather, fade, and eventually disappear.

A few weeks later, I found myself in Somerville, Tennessee, the county seat of Fayette County. I remember almost nothing about the project’s headquarters. What I remember is the heat. The oppressive humidity wrapped around me like a hot, dripping blanket. I remember watermelons, huge and ruby red, sold at roadside stands. I remember endless two-lane roads disappearing into walls of green. Cotton fields stretching toward the horizon. Red clay shoulders along the road. Front porches. Screen doors slamming shut. The smell of earth after an afternoon thunderstorm. Everywhere I looked, the landscape seemed larger, greener, and more alive than anything I had known on Long Island.

The project director was a white man whose name I no longer remember. What I do remember is that he was cold, impatient, and mildly annoyed by my presence. I was another volunteer, another kid from the north. He gave me a few instructions, told me where I would be staying, and quickly moved on to more important matters.

Then someone told me I would be living with a woman named Mrs. Meadows.

She changed everything for me.

Mrs. Meadows lived on a large piece of property on the Mississippi-Tennessee line. Her son and his family lived nearby. She was a small woman, about 80 years old, with gray hair, freckles, and a beautiful smile. Looking back, I realize that what struck me first was not how she looked, but how she made me feel. After the chilly reception at project headquarters, she welcomed me with a warmth that immediately put me at ease. I had traveled hundreds of miles from home and landed in a world completely unfamiliar to me. Yet from the moment I arrived, she treated me as if she had been expecting me all along.

She fed me well. Most evenings, we sat together and talked. She asked me about my future. I told her I wanted to become a lawyer. Sometimes she spoke about growing up in Mississippi. She described the Klan, the beatings, and the lynchings she remembered from childhood, as well as the complicated hierarchy within the Black community. She was light-skinned and explained that, for generations, lighter skin often carried social advantages. I listened carefully, or at least I thought I did. At 18, much of what she told me washed over me. Only decades later would I begin to understand the world she described.

What I remember most vividly is her voice. It was warm, melodic, and comforting. She had a twinkle in her eye and a homespun wisdom that seemed effortless. We made each other laugh. She treated me almost like a son.

The next morning, my guide arrived. I no longer remember his real name, so let’s call him Big Sam. The first time I saw him, he rode toward the house bareback on a horse. He was tall, athletic, handsome, and completely fearless. He reminded me of Jim Brown. More than anything, he carried himself like a prince. He had a quiet confidence that fascinated me from the moment we met.

Together, we went door-to-door, encouraging people to register to vote. I wish I remembered more of the mechanics of the work. What I remember are the people. Sometimes, small children would see me coming and run. I can still picture them disappearing behind their mothers or around house corners. At the time, I was confused. I felt like some kind of evil white ghost. Big Sam wasn’t confused at all. He would kneel, speak gently to them, and assure them I was okay. Only later did I appreciate the significance of those moments. Before I could help anyone, someone first had to make me trustworthy.

Big Sam introduced me to his world: his friends, his church, and the rhythms of a life that was completely foreign to me. What strikes me now is how quickly they accepted me. Looking back, I don’t know why. I was a Jewish kid from Long Island who knew almost nothing about the South or Black life and certainly almost nothing about the realities these young men and women faced every day. Yet somehow they welcomed me into their circle.

What I remember is the energy. The laughter. The teasing. The music. The dancing. The flirting. There was a spontaneity and vitality that captivated me. I felt more alive than I had ever been. During the day, we drove dusty roads and knocked on doors. At night, we gathered on porches, at parties, at church events, or wherever young people happened to be. I had come south believing I was joining a movement. In many ways, I had also stumbled into a world that expanded my understanding of life itself.

For the first time in my life, I attended a Black church. Nothing in my suburban Jewish upbringing had prepared me for it. The music seemed to rise from deep within the congregation. People sang with their whole bodies. The church felt alive. I remember looking around and feeling something I couldn’t articulate at the time. I felt at home, even if it did not resemble anything I knew—or maybe because it didn’t.

One evening, Mrs. Meadows said something that has stayed with me for more than 60 years. She told me that Black people in the South had learned to be cautious around white people. Too much history stood between them. Too many consequences. I heard her words but did not fully grasp their meaning. Today, I understand that she was describing something far deeper than simple distrust. She was describing what generations of oppression do to human relationships.

Not all of my education came from Mrs. Meadows or the voter registration project. Some of it came from the ordinary dramas of being 18. One night, Big Sam took me to a party. There, I met a young woman with striking green-brown eyes. We spent hours talking. Somehow, the conversation turned to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. I told her I admired Atticus Finch and wanted to become a lawyer. She told me she wanted to leave Fayette County and see more of the world than the one she had inherited.

Then one day she told me she loved me. No girl had ever said those words to me before. I was terrified. I was in love, too, but the words stuck in my throat. History was unfolding around us. Civil rights workers were risking their lives. We were trying to register voters in counties where Black citizens had been intimidated and excluded for generations. Yet we were still 18.

As summer drew to a close, I found myself facing a realization I had never anticipated: I didn’t want to leave.

I had arrived believing I was helping others. I left carrying far more than I had given. Mrs. Meadows, Big Sam, the church, the young people, the roads, the fields, the conversations—they had all become part of me. I could not have explained it then. I knew only that leaving felt wrong.

I don’t remember saying goodbye to Mrs. Meadows. I wish I did. I am certain she hugged me and that she cried. I suspect I was emotional too, though I wasn’t very skilled at understanding my own feelings. If she gave me advice, it was probably something simple, like “Follow your dream.”

A year later, I returned to Tennessee with several friends. I wanted them to meet this remarkable woman who had welcomed a Jewish kid from Long Island into her home and treated him like family.

When I arrived, I learned that she had died. I don’t remember much else from that trip. Only the shock and the sadness.

For decades, Mrs. Meadows gradually faded into the background of my life. I thought about her occasionally, but not often. Marriage, graduate school, children, a career, moving to Israel, and my wife Deborah’s Alzheimer’s—life kept unfolding, as life does. The years accumulated, and the memory of that summer grew fainter, though it never entirely disappeared.

Then a faded plaque brought her back.

As I sat, talking about Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream and the need to restore what has been neglected, Mrs. Meadows began to emerge from the shadows of memory. First, her smile. Then her voice. Then her laughter. Then the warmth with which she welcomed me into her home.

I can imagine her sitting on her porch, rocking slowly back and forth and listening, smiling, and shaking her head in her gentle way. Then, in a voice that sounded more like music than speech, she might say, Honey, you followed your dream.

I found myself wishing I could sit with her one more time. Not as the 18-year-old boy she knew, but as the 80-year-old man I have become. I would tell her about my life, about becoming a psychologist, about Deborah. About my children and grandchildren. About moving to Israel. About all the twists and turns she never lived to see. About how even though relations between our respective communities have frayed since I stayed in her house, I’m still working to keep Dr. King’s dream from fading.


Michael S. Tobin is a clinical psychologist and award-winning author. His memoir, Riding the Edge, won the Silver Prize in the Nonfiction Book Awards, and his novel The Veil earned a Quarterfinalist Award in the BookLife Prize. His recent novel, Resonance, co-authored with Daniel Chertoff, will be published this October by Amplify/Subplot. Michael sits on the Advisory Board of the ProHuman Foundation, founded by Daryl Davis.


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