ISRAEL AT WAR 5784: 1 sheep and 70 wolves


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Smotrich’s Revenge: Biden’s Sanctions on Settlers Turned into Potential Collapse of PA Banking System

By David Israel – 5 Adar II 5784 – March 15, 2024 https://www.jewishpress.com/news/business-economy/smotrichs-revenge-bidens-sanctions-on-settlers-turned-into-potential-collapse-of-pa-banking-system/2024/03/15/

 

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has had it up to here with US sanctions against Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria, and this week decided to release the kraken.

 

Smotrich responded to the sanctions: “These decisions are a surrender of the Biden administration to the BDS campaign designed to blacken the entire State of Israel and lead to the elimination of the settlement enterprise and the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist state. The Israeli government is standing to the right of the settlement. These measures are completely unacceptable and we will fight to cancel them.”

 

It began with this week’s Axios’ exclusive report that the Biden administration is expected to impose new sanctions on two Jewish outposts in Judea and Samaria from which settlers went out to attack PA Arabs.

 

In early February, the Biden administration weaponized its “settler violence” mantra (based on fake reports by anti-Israel NGOs, according to the Israel Police) as a tool for pushing through the two-state agenda.

 

The President signed an executive order allowing the United States to issue financial sanctions against “those directing or participating in certain actions, including acts or threats of violence against civilians, intimidating civilians to cause them to leave their homes, destroying or seizing property, or engaging in terrorist activity in the West Bank. And the State Department also today issued four designations under this new executive authority,” NSA’s John Kirby told reporters.

 

A reporter then asked Kirby: “Is this a signal to those officials in the Israeli government who openly support and facilitate such violence, including Itamar Ben Gvir, who supply the weapons to these people who perpetrate?”

 

Kirby’s response: “I think it’s a signal to the whole world how seriously President Biden takes this violence against the settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.”

YOU WANT SANCTIONS? WE CAN DO SANCTIONS

In retaliation, according to Israel Hayom, Smotrich refuses to renew his signature on a document that provides protection from lawsuits to the Israeli banks doing business with the Palestinian Authority –  Discount and Po’alim.

 

Without government protection, the Israeli banks are expected to sever ties with the PA banks, fearing that they would become exposed to lawsuits on charges of transferring funds to entities that pay out salaries to terrorists.

 

And since the PA’s economy wholly depends on its relationship with Israel, this means an immediate freeze of economic activity in the Palestinian Authority.

 

Following the Biden administration’s announcement of sanctions against four Jewish settlers (who had not been convicted of any crime), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in the US Treasury Department updated its list of sanctioned individuals, and overnight Bank Leumi and Postal Bank froze their accounts.

 

Now, Smotrich, who prefers his revenge dish eaten cold, is turning the damage of a few thousand shekels to four Jewish settles into the possible collapse of the Palestinian Authority.

 

In 2018, the Israeli government created the Correspondence Government Company, to absorb the financial risks undertaken by Israeli banks doing business with PA banks. This was done after the Israeli banks threatened to sever their relations with PA institutions lest they be sued for collaborating with terrorists. The new company provides clearance services to Israeli banks, thus keeping them protected from lawsuits. But the new company is also leery about doing business with the PA, which is why the political and security cabinet each year issues a letter of protection to the Israeli banks, signed by the finance minister, absolving the of fiduciary responsibility for the PA’s terrorist shenanigans.

 

Now Smotrich is refusing to sign this letter of protection.

 

Israel Hayom’s Ariel Kahana suggested the finance minister is expecting that just as the Americans do not complain to the Israeli banks about their relationship with the Palestinian Authority, they will make it clear that they have no objection to releasing the frozen funds of the sanctioned Jewish settlers.

 

Otherwise, perhaps the US should start airdropping food packages on Ramallah.

 

The move means the immediate freezing of significant parts of the economic activity in the Palestinian Authority, whose currency is the shekel. Also, the vast majority of PA exports and imports are done through Israeli ports – no backing from Israeli banks, no trade. And of course, Smotrich’s favorite, the tax money that Israel collects will now be frozen until further notice, tell Ramallah to raise more rabbits and chop more wood for heating – it’s back to a barter economy.

 

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Biden Cries Uncle as Smotrich Wins War against Sanctions on Settlers

By David Israel – 19 Adar II 5784 – March 29, 2024 – https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/settlements-israel/biden-cries-uncle-as-smotrich-wins-war-against-sanctions-on-settlers/2024/03/29/

 

Thursday Bezalel Smotrich beat the Biden administration at its own game.

 

On March 14, the US Treasury Dept. announced new sanctions against two Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria that the administration accused of being used as a base for attacks on innocent PA Arabs. The Treasury Dept. also sanctioned three Israeli settlers: Moshe Sharvit, Zvi Bar Yosef, and Neriya Ben Pazi.

 

They followed earlier sanctions against four other Jewish settlers, which Israeli banks promptly blocked from accessing their personal accounts.

 

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced in response, “These decisions are a surrender of the Biden administration to the BDS campaign designed to blacken the entire State of Israel and lead to the elimination of the settlement enterprise and the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist state. The Israeli government is standing to the right of the settlements. These measures are completely unacceptable and we will fight to cancel them.”

 

In retaliation, Smotrich refused to renew his signature on a document that protects Israeli banks doing business with the Palestinian Authority from lawsuits, namely Discount and Ha’Po’alim.

 

Without government protection, those Israeli banks would have been forced to sever their ties with the PA banks, fearing that they become exposed to lawsuits on charges of transferring funds to entities that pay out salaries to terrorists.

 

And since the PA’s economy wholly depends on its relationship with Israel, this meant an immediate freeze of economic activity in the Palestinian Authority.

 

This week, according to Israel Hayom, the US Treasury Dept. sent an urgent letter to the finance minister, explaining that there is no reason for the banks in Israel to prevent Israeli citizens who appear on the sanctions list from making routine use of their bank accounts.

 

The treasury official explained that the sanctions do not include routine checking or business account operations, which are permissible and will not result in the administration punishing the Israeli banks that allow Jewish settlers to access their money.

 

The treasury’s letter essentially kills the entire Biden sanctions attack, because the only real harm to the Jewish victims of those sanctions was from not being able to access their bank accounts in Israel. All the other components of those sanctions, originally designed against Russian tycoons, have nothing to do with the settlers who don’t hold assets that can be frozen in America, and don’t fly there.

 

Back on March 14, Minister Smotrich stated that “these measures are completely unacceptable,” and vowed, “We will fight to cancel them.”

 

On the eve of Shabbat, Parshat Tzav, 5784, we declare that he did and they got canceled.

 

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Temple Mount structures ages The Jews were here First, Arabs Get Out.

so you built this (1330 years old) on top of this (2978 years old) And I'm the one occupying your land?

so you built this (1330 years old)
on top of this (2978 years old)
And I’m the one occupying your land?

 

so you built this Mosque (1330 years old)
on top of this The Holy Temple (2978 years old)
And I’m the one occupying your land? “We are BACK!”

 


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An Israeli posted this in response to a Palestinian in the comments to one of my posts and it was just perfect.

Marina Medvin-tweet-31March2024-Temple Mount structures ages

Marina Medvin-tweet-31March2024-Temple Mount structures ages

 

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Israel Beauty Queen has been called up for military service


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Israel’s 2021 Beauty Queen, Noah Kohwa, has been called up for military service. Am Yisrael Chai #Israel #VictoryForIsrael #IDF #Zionism #IDFHeroes

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MOT-tweet-19March2024-Israel Beauty Queen has been called up for military service

 

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The pundits in DC, the EU and the UN will never understand Israel


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Spent this evening at an Army Base in Israel where a Torah Scroll was dedicated to the soldiers. Yishai Rebo, who fills 25,000 seats at Madison Square Garden, showed up to perform for 200. The world doesn’t understand the commitment and spirit of the IDF. These soldiers, almost all reservists with families at home, serve with incredible patriotism and loyalty. They are determined to defend their homeland and the Jewish People. The pundits in DC and at the EU and UN never visit places like this. And that is why they will never understand Israel.

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David M Friedman-tweet-18March2024-The pundits in DC, the EU and the UN will never understand Israel

 

 

The World needs to Know

The World needs to Know

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Biden Regime Considering New Move to Stab Israel in the Back and Hand Hamas Victory

 

Robert Spencer | 12:44 PM on March 21, 2024  https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/03/21/biden-regime-considering-new-move-to-stab-israel-in-the-back-and-hand-hamas-victory-n4927520

 

The Biden regime is in a tough spot. Its far-left base is enraged over its ongoing ostensible support for Israel. Instead of acting with integrity despite the electoral cost and standing by a loyal ally in its time of need, the regime is making a series of moves to betray Israel and give aid and comfort to its enemies.

 

Now it’s mulling over a step that would constitute the biggest betrayal of all and would hand victory to the Hamas jihad terror group. For the unprincipled Biden regime apparatchiks, it’s all about winning in November.

 

The New York Sun reported Monday that Old Joe and his henchmen are “reportedly considering leaving Israel short of the armaments it needs to fight Hamas.” The veiled threat was there on that same day, during the callow but thoroughly indoctrinated National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s White House press briefing. A reporter reminded Sullivan that “the deadline for Israel to comply with the National Security Memorandum 20 is coming up on Sunday,” and asked him: “Has Israel responded in writing?”

 

National Security Memorandum 20 is not exactly a venerable cornerstone of American foreign policy. It is only a few weeks old, dating from Feb. 8. It seeks, among other things, to “prevent arms transfers that risk facilitating or otherwise contributing to violations of human rights or international humanitarian law.”

 

Given the fact that Biden issued it during a time when Israel was being falsely accused of massive human rights violations and when the Biden regime was under heavy pressure to betray Israel or face a massive loss of votes from Muslims and their allies in November, this memorandum has the look of a trap that was being laid and is about to be sprung now.

 

Sullivan answered: “So, first, when you say ‘to comply,’ what they have to do by Sunday is just provide credible and reliable assurances that they will abide by their international obligations, not obligations we’ve imposed upon them, but — but obligations they have freely accepted with respect to international humanitarian law, which, of course, includes not arbitrarily impeding the flow of humanitarian assistance where they can control that. So, I cannot tell you today — confirm today that they have provided that. Obviously, as you said, they have several more days before they have to do so. And we anticipate that they will.”

 

So Israel had, as of Monday, not yet complied with a new rule the Biden regime just made up, that arms sales can only go to nations that respect “international humanitarian law.” Israel does respect this law; when independent observers have dubbed the IDF “the most moral army in the world.” The international outrage, however, is growing against the Jewish state. Hamas is eagerly fueling that outrage, fabricating casualty numbers before a world that has been all too eager to be fooled, and even preposterously claiming that Israel was conducting a “genocide.”

 

Meanwhile, you will be absolutely unshocked to learn that Old Joe’s new rule is being applied selectively. The Sun notes that “In reality, arms are sold to foes and allies alike in all five continents, with little notice of rights violations. Mr. Biden urged Congress last month to approve the sale of F-16s to Turkey, even as it massacres Kurds in Iraq and Syria.” No one asked Jake Sullivan at Monday’s press briefing if arms sales to Turkey would be cut off.

 

This is just the latest in a growing series of indications that the Biden regime is abandoning Israel and pulling for a Hamas victory. After threats from Nihad Awad of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Gaza City) to withhold the Muslim vote if the regime doesn’t betray Israel, the regime began doing just that, step by step, in slow motion, sending $100 million to Gaza and $10 billion to Hamas’ financiers, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and putting ever-increasing pressure on the Netanyahu government.

 

Aside from the monstrous immorality of supporting forces that really do want to commit the genocide that Israel is falsely accused of committing, this is short-sighted in the extreme. What do Biden regime apparatchiks think will happen if Hamas defeats Israel and survives this war? Do they think that the jihadis will be so overflowing with gratitude to the U.S. that they won’t ever strike Americans or U.S. interests? They’re in for a rude surprise.

 

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Biden’s BDS of Jews in Judea and Samaria


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Financial Times is reporting that the US is going to start placing special labels on goods produced by Jews in Judea and Samaria.
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Like this in a DC-area Safeway

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Caroline Glick-tweet-5April2024-US to start placing special labels on goods produced by Jews in Judea and Samaria

 

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Al Jazeera reporter blames Israel for the rain, hail and flooding


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Al Jazeera reporter blames Israel for the rain, hail and flooding that is causing Jerusalem residents to stay at home instead of going to pray at Al-Aqsa. @hahussain

Avi Kaner-tweet-19March2024-Al Jazeera blames Israel for the rain

Avi Kaner-tweet-19March2024-Al Jazeera blames Israel for the rain

 

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The Iranian Regime Has No Answers to the Economic Degringolade It Has Caused

12April2024 By https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/the-iranian-regime-has-no-answers-to-the-economic-degringolade-it-has-caused

 

The latest, and most dramatic, indication of Iran’s impoverishment is discussed here: “Iranian rial collapses, ‘loses 30% of value’ – reports,” by Ohad Merlin, Jerusalem Post, April 

On a similar background, a massive viral campaign with thousands of posts called to expel Afghan refugees and residents from the country, arguing that they steal the jobs of Iranians, live off the country’s budgets, allowances and shaky economy, and perpetrate crimes against Iranians, with some users likening them to parasites and leeches….

The Afghans who have fled the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan are being scapegoated by Iranians. Their sins of omission (not working, and thus living on the dole) and commission (working, so taking jobs away from Iranians) help the regime to deflect popular anger onto a largely helpless group of foreigners, who are mostly Sunni Muslims. But the Afghans are not the real problem. The rial has been declining for more than four decades, long before the Afghan refugees arrived in Iran.

 

Since the regime has no answers to the economic degringolade it has caused, it tries to focus attention on the permanent foreign enemy — Israel, the Little Satan. It whips up war sentiment, making threats, showing videos of missiles being fired at the Jewish state, and putting online photos the various missiles Iran has in its armory, all to impress the populace with Iran’s military might. But Iran doesn’t dare to follow through; it knows what destruction Israel can inflict in response to a major attack by Iran.

 

Not everyone is swayed by the online swagger of the regime, threatening revenge for the Israeli airstrike on Iran’s so-called “consulate” in Damascus that killed several high-ranking generals, including Mohamed Reza Zahedi, the head of the IRGC-Al Quds in Syria and Lebanon. Almost two weeks have passed, and there is still no sign of that terrible revenge. Perhaps that is because the Iranians have seen what the IDF is capable of in Gaza, and want to make sure that they carefully choose a site to attack that will not trigger too devastating a response from Israel, that in turn might force the Iranian regime to launch an even stronger attack, so as not to lose face, and that could end up triggering a full-scale war with Israel, a war that Iran is not prepared for and does not want. For the Iranian regime, it’s a harrowing decision, fit for Goldilocks: what attack will be seen as not too small by fellow Muslims, nor too big by Israel, but just right, prompting the same in response?

 

Meanwhile, Tehran cannot possibly admit to the real reasons for the economic collapse. There are four:

First, the regime prefers to rely on Muslim fanatics, rather than gifted technocrats, to run the economy.

 

Second, the regime is riddled with corruption. The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has a net worth of tens of billions of dollars. No one seems to know exactly how much, with estimates as high as $95 billion. Other former regime leaders have also made out like bandits, with hundreds of millions of dollars in net worth. This is not going to stop.

 

Third, the regime continues to spend billions of dollars on weapons and financial aid to five main proxies and allies, including the Houthis in Yemen, the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad, the Kataeb Hezbollah militia in Iraq, Hamas in Gaza, and most important of all, Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iranians in past protests, in 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2023, have shouted “Death to Palestine” and “No to Gaza, no to Lebanon, may my life be sacrificed for Iran” and “Leave Palestine, Think About Us Instead.” In October, at a soccer match at Azadi Stadium, when a minute of silence for the people of Gaza was declared at the beginning of a Friday match between Esteghlal and Havadar football teams, there was instead mass booing in the stands. Earlier In the same month, Persepolis fans were heard chanting “take that Palestinian flag and shove it up your a**.”

 

The regime is not listening. The destruction of Israel is central to its existence. It isn’t about to limit the amounts of money it spends to arm and fund its proxies and allies, and on its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The rial will fall further still, the mass discontent at the country’s impoverishment will grow, and ultimately, the regime won’t be able to contain the widespread rage, just as the Shah was unable to contain the people’s rage in 1978. An Israeli attack to which the regime dare not respond in kind, and will thus be exposed as weak, might be just the spark to set off that popular revolt that so many Iranians long for.

 

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Stuck In The Middle East…


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🎶Stuck In The Middle East…🎶

Give us tragedy, we’ll heal through comedy. Or in this case, HILARIOUS song parodies. 😂😭

#StandWithIsrael
#AmYisraelChai

🎥 RoiHarel on IG.

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The Persian Jewess-tweet-18March2024-Stuck In The Middle East

 

 

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Thank you, God ❤️❤️❤️


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Thank you, God ❤️❤️❤️

Im Tirtzu-tweet-14April2024-Thank you God

Im Tirtzu-tweet-14April2024-Thank you God

 

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Changes to the Home Front Command’s defensive guidelines 13-15April2024


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Following a situational assessment, it was determined that as of 23:00 (IST) tonight, changes will be made to the Home Front Command’s defensive guidelines.

As part of the changes, it was decided to prohibit educational activities across Israel. In green areas, gatherings will be limited to 1,000 people.

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Israel Defense Forces-tweet-13April2024-Changes to the Home Front Command’s defensive guidelines 13-15April2024

 

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Jordan announces it’s closing its airspace-13April2024


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BREAKING:

Jordan announces it’s closing its airspace

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Visegrád 24-tweet-13April2024-Jordan announces it’s closing its airspace

 

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Iran attacks Jerusalem 14April2024


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Israelis’ reality in the last hours:

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Israel Defense Forces-tweet-14April2024-Iran attacks Jerusalem

 


FUNNIEST THING HAVE SEEN TODAY-tweet-14April2024-Israel 99 percent shootdown success rate
Of the 331 missiles and drones launched by Iran at Israel:

– 185 out of 185 Kamikaze Drones were shot down

– 103 out of 110 Ballistic Missiles were shot down

– 36 out of 36 Cruise Missiles were shot down

– 7 Ballistic Missile impacts have been recorded on Israeli territory

FUNNIEST THING HAVE SEEN TODAY-tweet-14April2024-Israel 99 percent shootdown success rate

FUNNIEST THING HAVE SEEN TODAY-tweet-14April2024-Israel 99 percent shootdown success rate

 

JerusalemCats Comments: Didn’t Saddam Hussein have the same problem?


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When Iran decided to attack “zionists”:

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Israel War Room-tweet-14April2024-When Iran decided to attack zionists

 


Dr. Eli David-tweet-13April2024-air forces are intercepting drones over Jordanian airspace
🚨 Breaking: British 🇬🇧, American 🇺🇲, Israeli 🇮🇱, Jordanian 🇯🇴, and Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 air forces are intercepting drones over Jordanian airspace right now.

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Dr. Eli David-tweet-13April2024-air forces are intercepting drones over Jordanian airspace

 

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Gaza War: It’s a new world and Israel is adapting to it in real time.


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Trigger warning!!

This is a very unpopular opinion that will surely anger a lot of people.

One of the things that has bothered me most about this war is the fact that it’s taking us this long to wipe out Hamas.

After all the wars we won against multiple armies, some of which took just days, how is it that we’re this many months in to a war against a terrorist organization and not even an army?

Is the IDF losing its edge? Did it already? Is the old strong courageous IDF a thing of the past?

I don’t know about you, but this issue has been weighing on me for months.

Well, let’s talk about it.

If you’re too lazy to keep reading, I’ll give you the punchline. No. The IDF isn’t weaker. The IDF is infinitely stronger now than ever before.

So then, how do I explain the fact that we’ve been at this war for six months and there is no end in sight?

The answer is simple. The IDF hasn’t changed, the nature of war has changed.

Mark my words. Not only will Israel win this war, but Israel is establishing itself as we speak as the global authority on urban warfare. All countries will be turning to Israel in the future to learn how to fight a war in the 21st century.

So why is it taking so long?

Well, for a lot of reasons.

Let’s start with the enemy.

Wars have rules. Rules of engagement. Certain things can’t be done in war. There are war crimes. When two sides of a war are playing by the same rules, there can be a clear winner and a clear loser. Victory is clearly defined.

But not in this war.

Our enemy in this war has no restrictions or guidelines. There is nothing they can’t, won’t, and haven’t done.

I don’t need to tell you this. You’ve read about it.

– Using innocent women and children as shields as they attack IDF soldiers? ☑️
– Setting up bases in a hospital? ☑️
– Attacking from within nurseries? ☑️
– Hiding weapons and ammunition in kids’ rooms? ☑️

That’s them.

On our side?
– Ignoring human shields and attacking anyway? ❌
– Flattening the hospital that’s hosting the terror base? ❌
– Bombing nurseries from which our enemies attack? ❌
– Destroying kids rooms because they are storing weapons and ammunition? ❌

So you see, we’re playing chess and they’re playing basketball.

They have their own rules and we won’t play by their rules. They sure as heck won’t play by ours.

But that’s only the beginning.

What did every war ever have in common that this war does not?

Um, they were all conducted above ground. You know, like a battlefield…

Not this one.

There has never been a war that is primarily fought under ground.

I don’t know if any of us understand the complexity here.

A friend fighting in Gaza told me that he cannot walk ten steps without stepping on an opening to a terror tunnel. They created a full blown underground system that is larger than the London Underground.

Add to that, that Hamas had decades to prepare for Israel’s ground invasion. Setting up traps in tunnels, elaborate hiding places, and more. They had all the time and money in the world to ensure a maximum number of IDF casualties.

But it doesn’t end there. Not even close.

Again, imagine the old school battlefield. Or if you want to look at more modern wars, there are tanks, artillery, infantry, and Air Force, all with a clear target and a clear mission.

Now forget all of that.

There is no battlefield. There is no clear target. There is a clear mission but total lack of clarity of how to finish this mission because there are surprises waiting for the soldiers at every corner.

The separation between civilian buildings and military structures does not exist. The battlefield here is one of the most densely populated areas in the world and that is Hamas’ best weapon, its own people.

Again, we’re playing chess, where the objective of the game is to minimize civilian death and maximize the elimination of terrorists. They’re playing basketball where the objective of the game is to maximize civilian deaths thereby getting the world to pressure Israel to withdraw and end the war.

IDF soldiers in Gaza are facing unprecedented complexity that has never been seen in the history of wars.

Think about it.

They can’t walk a single inch without the threat of an attack.

They could be attacked from above using an RPG or a sniper. They could be attacked from below using grenades and automatic weapons. They could be attacked using anti tank and anti aircraft missiles from within buildings. They can be attacked by walking into a booby trapped structure. And remember, they can’t just fire indiscriminately to clear the area before entering. There might be civilians there.

Add to that, Hamas has zero concerns about losing people. They thrive on it because every single person killed is presented as innocent, a lie the world has completely adopted and used to pressure Israel. So Israel wants minimal death. Hamas wants maximum death. Chess and basketball.

Also, we define victory as getting our hostages back and eliminating Hamas. They define victory as literally anything else. If one Hamas terrorist is left alive, in their book, they won this war. In fact, in a sick and twisted way, their leadership already thinks they won the war by the very fact that Israel is still fighting.

And finally, let’s talk tech.

The amount of tech being used in this war for the first time in history is truly insane. That requires a learning curve.

Take drones for example.

Drones have the potential to change the game.

They can go into tight spaces. They can detect terrorists in places humans can’t. They can give the IDF a Birds Eye view of an area. Drones are a no brainer in a war like this. The only issue is that no one knows how to maximize the effectiveness of drones without training.

There are endless types of drones.

There are tiny bug size consumer drones. Then there are larger consumer drones that use GPS to maintain stability. Well, that can’t work. So we need to remove the GPS chip from all the drones. Otherwise they pose a threat and can be used against us. Then there are larger drones that can carry weight. Then there are FPV drones that can fly in much tighter spaces but require more training. Then there are commercial drones. Thermal drones. Long range drones. And the list just goes on and on.

And that’s just drones.

What about robotics? Robotics are also used extensively in this war. Then there is endless vision tech, some of which was developed by Israeli startups. There is tech that can see through walls. There is tech that can see around corners.

All of this requires training.

So let’s just summarize this.

We have a war between two sides who are playing a totally different game with different rules and different definitions of what constitutes victory.

You have one side with zero restrictions and zero need to behave morally. You have the other side that is held to a higher standard of morality than anyone, and one little mess up can cause an international crisis. You have one side that wants to minimize civilian death and one side that’ll do anything to maximize it. You have one side behaving like cockroaches and hiding in every corner and under every rock and you have another side that has to use cutting edge tech to kill the bugs.

The bottom line is this.

What the IDF has accomplished in this war is not only incredible, it is historically unprecedented. Right now everyone is falsely claiming that Israel is committing genocide or killing indiscriminately, but when this war is over and the real numbers are exposed, the world will be in utter shock about how Israel won this war with historically low casualty numbers on its side and the total destruction of a terrorist organization that had decades to prepare for the war.

The few military strategists who are already analyzing this war have said clearly that what Israel is doing in Gaza right now is borderline miraculous and has never been done before.

If you want to get a clear picture of just how complex this war is and just how sophisticated the IDF is, just think about all the assassinations Israel has carried out, or even just look at the latest one carried out in Syria.

Not enough has been said about this assassination.

You have to remember that this was a highly senior and top secret meeting between the highest ranking Iranian official outside of Iran along with his deputy and multiple other senior terrorists from Iran and the Islamic Jihad.

Now remember, this wasn’t Israel’s first assassination. We’ve been doing this for decades. The world recognizes Israel’s superior intelligence capabilities. These officials clearly recognized the threat of being assassinated by Israel and took measures accordingly.

No one knew about this meeting. The meeting was intentionally held in a very sensitive and explosive (I am going to award myself ten points for that pun) area with several government buildings all around it, including the Iranian consulate as well as the Canadian one. That was not an accident.

And yet, Israel was able somehow, and I genuinely cannot understand how, to get the intel of who was in the meeting and where it was being held. They were able to take off in Israel, fly into enemy airspace without getting detected, and then conduct a precision attack that would take out everyone in the room and cause zero damage to the government buildings in its vicinity.

We read about this news and then continue scrolling. Few people understand just how complex this mission was and how miraculous it is that it was a perfect success. We take it for granted now, but military strategists will be teaching and analyzing this event for decades into the future.

So, no, the IDF is not weaker than in the past. The IDF is learning on the job how to fight a war that is near impossible to win, succeeding, and maintaining historically low casualty numbers on its side. There is no country or military that can teach Israel how to win this war. It’s never been done before.

Israel isn’t weaker. The nature of war has changed dramatically and Israel is writing the rule book in real time while withstanding unprecedented pressure from all directions. Military pressure. Political pressure. Diplomatic pressure.

And I haven’t even mentioned Hezbollah in the north.

It’s a new world and Israel is adapting to it in real time.

The statement that Israel is the strongest and most moral army in the world has never been truer than it is today!

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On the Spiritual Level, this War is Biblical. Worldwide the Antisemitism is through the roof. That is forcing Jews to leave Colleges and make Aliyah. It is separating the World, the Erev Rav and Jews In Name Only from the Jews. It is motivating Jews to be more observant.

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Three parables of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk on the upcoming Geulah | Rabbi Elchanan Shalom Elgrod

Rabbi Elgrod brings three parables of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk on the upcoming Geulah that explain todays reality

 

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Kosher inside not only outside

 

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“Hate for law and order” – look at this as the so-called “brothers” throw torches at policemen and try to lynch the Prime Minister. Where on earth is the Shin-Bet who is charged with guarding the PM? https://twitter.com/liran__tamari/status/1774158077559759047
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A pig shows a kosher foot but everyone knows it’s not kosher. Some people call themselves my brothers. They use outward kosher symbols such as the Star of David. Yet inside, they seethe with hate for law and order, Torah and observant folks. You decide who they resemble.
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עשרות מפגינים פרצו חסימה משטרתית ועושים את דרכם לבית נתניהו

Translated from Hebrew by

Dozens of protesters [EDD: Anarchists, Violent Criminals] broke through a police blockade and are making their way to Netanyahu’s house

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Biden’s Colour Revolution in Israel during WAR


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The US has never been more open about its efforts to oust a foreign government in a color revolution than the Biden administration is today in its singleminded quest to overthrow Israel’s democratically elected government.

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Israel Faces ‘Color Revolution’ as Opposition Protests, Gantz Wants New Elections

 

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Israel color revolution (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty)

Joel B. Pollak 3 April 2024 https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/04/03/israel-faces-color-revolution-as-opposition-protests-gantz-wants-new-elections/

Israel faces the prospect of a U.S.-backed “color revolution” in the middle of its war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza as the opposition backs street protests against government, and a key cabinet minister has demanded new elections.

 

A “color revolution” is a coup d’état accomplished through mass protests targeting the existing government, elected or not, with the assistance of the media — and, usually, with backing from foreign powers, including the United States.

 

For the six months since the October 7 terror attack, Israel had seen remarkable unity, with protests — mostly centered in Tel Aviv — against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms — a distant memory.

 

There were weekly protests in favor of a deal to release the Israeli hostages from Hamas custody, but organizers were careful to steer clear of electoral politics — and the decision to reach a deal was not entirely in Israel’s own hands.

 

But in early March, U.S. intelligence agencies released an assessment that stated that “we expect large protests demanding [Netanyahu’s] resignation and new elections. A different, more moderate government is a possibility.”

 

That news emerged just days after war cabinet minister Benny Gantz suddenly visited the U.S. for talks with Biden administration officials. Gantz leads an opposition party that joined Netanyahu’s government in an emergency government of national unity, but he also remains Netanyahu’s main political rival. Gantz reportedly did not clear his trip to the U.S. with Netanyahu beforehand. A few days after the U.S. intelligence assessment emerged, another rival to Netanyahu, Gideon Sa’ar, left Gantz’s party, suggesting the possibility of renewed domestic political turmoil.

 

Then U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) delivered a bizarre speech demanding new elections in Israel to oust Netanyahu. President Joe Biden backed Schumer, calling for regime change in Israel (and not Iran).

 

Meanwhile, in Israel, the issue of drafting ultra-Orthodox men into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) emerged as a political issue, with the left-wing judiciary saying that religious scholars could no longer be exempted from the draft. That decision, in turn, threatened to bring down Netanyahu’s government, as religious parties opposed the draft.

 

Meanwhile, hostage protests and left-wing political protests began to merge. And last week, a four-day protest began — not in Tel Aviv, but in Jerusalem, with tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrating outside Netanyahu’s office. A tent city — with most of the tents curiously identical — went up at the site, with protesters occupying the area, demanding new elections. Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak — a key figure in leading last year’s protests, who had also called for Israelis to “beseige” the Knesset, or parliament, in February — gave a speech there, demanding “elections now.”

 

And on Wednesday, Gantz held a press conference on his own, demanding that new elections be held in September.

 

Notably, Schumer rushed to congratulate Gantz:

 


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FIRST @J_Insider: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer responds to Benny Gantz call for new elections in Israel (September):

Schumer: “When a leading member of Israel’s war cabinet calls for early elections and over 70% of the Israeli population agrees according to a major poll, you know it’s the right thing to do.”

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Originally, Gantz had criticized Schumer for meddling in Israel’s internal politics. But now he has vindicated Schumer — who is taking a victory lap, and will keep the pressure on.
The political crisis is taking place against the backdrop of growing international pressure on Israel, with the Biden administration opposing Israel’s plans to destroy the last Hamas battalions in the city of Rafa, and with the White House slamming Israel for a mistaken airstrike on an aid convoy.

 

It is suddenly possible that Netanyahu could be toppled — just as the Biden administration wanted — with unclear consequences for Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.

 

In addition, Israel faces growing threats from the north (Hezbollah), the east (terror in the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of the West Bank, and Iraqi militias), and the south (Houthis), all fueled by the Iranian regime.

 

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, “The Zionist Conspiracy (and how to join it),” now available on Audible. He is also the author of the e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.

 

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Purim and the Betrayal of American Jewry

By Tzvi Freeman https://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/6366328/jewish/Purim-and-the-Betrayal-of-American-Jewry.htm

New York City and Haman

New York City and Haman

 

If there is any one word that can describe the emotional reaction of Jews to the sudden flood of antisemitism in America today, it is “betrayed.”

 

Who has betrayed us? Not the white supremacists, not the neo-Nazis and the ignorant, brainwashed skinheads—there’s no element of surprise there—but the educated, humanitarian left, that segment of society that Jews have embraced more than any other, both ideologically and socially. The gentle souls who walked with us in sympathetic conversation have turned with teeth, claws, and venom against us.

 

What prompted their betrayal? Because they saw that it was possible to murder, rape, and torture over 1,200 of us, abduct our babies and elderly, and get away with it. That was “exhilarating” and “awesome.” That very morning, there were those who jumped out of bed eager to blame the victims, defend murderers and rapists, and celebrate our pain. Only later were they angered that we dare attempt to rescue our loved ones and protect ourselves from those who would destroy us, dampening the perverse antisemitic exhilaration that comes from seeing a Jew suffer.

 

Why is betrayal so shocking? Because it redefines not only the present but the past. It means that all along, the people you thought were your friends were holding a dagger for you in their back pocket. It disrupts your sense of reality so that you are now forced to think and live in an entirely different way.

 

The Jewish people, on their long trek through history, carry a sort of mirror, a statement of a time that was then as it is now, here as it was there, because it continues to play and replay in endless variations. There’s a time for pulling this mirror out, around winter’s end, as the blossoms begin to appear, on Purim. It’s called the Scroll of Esther, or just “the Megillah” (the Hebrew word for scroll).

 

The story of Esther takes place in the world’s first cosmopolitan civilization, the Persian Empire. With a network of highways and the first postal system, with appointed governors over lands from Ethiopia to the Indus Valley, comprising a vast diversity of some 60 million people, the Persian Empire by necessity relied on a policy of tolerance.

 

We had been exiled from our land to the heart of this empire for over three generations. As an educated class, we had made great contributions to their economy, their culture, and their civilization. Among us were scribes, scholars, political advisors, such as Daniel, Mordechai, and even the queen herself, Queen Esther.

Perhaps we will discover divine meaning in all this pain, that all we really have is that which we had from the beginning.

The capital city of Shushan was filled with successful Jews. When the king made a banquet for all the city’s inhabitants, we were there, and we were treated no differently than any other subjects of the king. In the royal palace, a Jew could ask for kosher food and be served it, or for whatever food or wine he or she may please.

 

And then the news arrives that the king has secretly signed off on Haman’s plan to render his empire Judenrein. It makes sense that we would be left in shock (as the Megillah puts it1). We had been betrayed by the empire we had come to consider our home. It was a shock perhaps even more sudden and bewildering than that which American Jewry experienced on October 8, 2023.

 

In Ancient Persia, it probably wouldn’t have helped to stand up at a public award event and declare that you don’t consider your Jewishness a justification for whatever blood-libel Haman’s thugs had fabricated. Or to publicly divorce yourself from the actions of Mordechai and his refusal to bow to Haman. On the other hand, you could likely escape the wrath of Haman’s protesters by getting out of your typically Jewish mode of dress and pretending you were just another fire-worshiping Persian.

 

But this magical mirror tells us, no, that is not what saved us. No Jew at that time even considered jumping ship.

 

Haman had declared we were a scattered, fragmented people.2 So we united as one.3

 

As Esther instructed Mordechai, “Go, gather all the Jews.” And as many midrashic accounts describe at length.

 

Of course, being united didn’t change the minds of Haman’s terrorists. Neither did it directly change the mind of the king. It worked for only one reason: Because we are not a normal people. We do not exist within the natural universe. We are a special people with a G‑d-given task to bring His oneness into this crazy world. And only when we embrace that task of oneness can we rise above the natural ramifications of being the proverbial lamb among seventy wolves.

 

What does it mean to be united as one? Does it mean that we all agree on everything? In the Jewish sense of the term, definitely not.

 

Jewish unity means that we listen to one another, care for one another, and work together for the good of us all. That gives us strength, and the strength brings with it more unity.

 

When Jews feel united, we are not afraid to stand out as Jews, to do the things Jews do in public, to stick mezuzahs to the doorposts of our homes and offices, to request a kosher meal at the office lunch party, or to turn up at school or work one day with a kippah.

 

It empowers us to embrace a new, lucid notion of reality—the notion that we are here with a purpose to change the world, that we have largely succeeded, and that those who despise us are those who despise change for the good. They themselves may not recognize their resistance, their subliminal desire to return to the savagery of pre-modern times. They may cloak themselves in a gown of humanitarian concern, dressed with the badges of the struggle of the oppressed.

 

But the masquerade is over, the masks have been removed, and everyone now knows what the word “Zionist” really means when issued from their histrionic mouths. It’s up to each one to choose which direction you wish to travel on history’s highway.

 

This is the miracle of our current situation: The Jewish people have never been so united. Past pogroms and outbursts of antisemitism brought fear, anger and assimilation in their wake. This horrific attack has acted as a great shofar call to bring us together. Perhaps for the first time in Jewish history, there is a shortage of tefillin, as scribes struggle to keep up with the demand. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a Jewish woman who does not light Shabbat candles.

 

Perhaps we will discover divine meaning in all this pain, that all we really have is that which we had from the beginning.

 

Last week, Brigadier General Dan Goldfus, much-admired commander of the 98th division of the IDF, spoke to his nation with great emotion. “From my heart,” he pleaded, “I ask of you to be together, united, to push away the extremism, and to adopt togetherness. Find what unites us. We on the battlefield found it and we will not give up on it. Make this all worthwhile.”

 

There are many who do not believe in us. But we believe in ourselves. We look in our mirror and we see, as in the Purim story, that the tables will soon be turned. And if the darkness can become light, and our pain transformed to joy, then, too, perhaps this time around, all the hatred in the world can be forever put to rest. For real.

 

FOOTNOTES
1. Esther 3:15.

2. Esther 3:8.

3. Esther 4:16;

By Tzvi Freeman

Tzvi Freeman is the author of Bringing Heaven Down to Earth and, more recently, Wisdom to Heal the Earth. Subscribe to The Daily Dose of Wisdom and Freeman Files for regular updates.
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Jews In Name Only – Purim Edition


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AF – At Megillah (Book of Esther) Reading Tonight for Jewish Voices for Peace Everyone Clapped for Haman

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The Canary Mission database was created to expose individuals and groups that are anti-Freedom, anti-American and anti-Semitic in order to protect the public and our democratic values.

The Canary Mission database was created to expose individuals and groups that are anti-Freedom, anti-American and anti-Semitic in order to protect the public and our democratic values.

CODEPINK

https://canarymission.org/organization/CODEPINK

Overview

CODEPINK: Women for Peace is an anti-war activist group in the United States that engages in regular actions to harm the State of Israel. The organization aggressively promotes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and has been criticized for maintaining close ties to the Hamas regime in Gaza.

 

CODEPINK describes itself as “a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs.”

 

With members wearing the group’s signature pink color, CODEPINK has conducted marches, protests and high-visibility publicity stunts in pursuit of its goals. It has regional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and New York.

 

Background

CODEPINK was founded on November 17, 2002 by Jodie Evans, Medea Benjamin and other anti-war activists. The group’s name is a play on the United States Department of Homeland Security’s color-coded alert system in which Code Red signifies the highest level of danger.

 

In September 2008, a number of CODEPINK leaders personally met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York City. CODEPINK subsequently launched an aggressive anti-Israel campaign that included open support for Hamas. That November, Jodie Evans and a CODEPINK contingent visited Iran at the personal invitation of Ahmadinejad.

Meeting With Hamas

In March 2009, CODEPINK led an international delegation of anti-Israel activists to Gaza. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh addressed the activists in Gaza by phone while other Hamas officials addressed them in person.

 

Hamas protected the demonstrators during their two-day stay in Gaza by tightly controlling CODEPINK’s movements and contacts which included Palestinian homes, local NGO’s and Palestinian refugee camps run by the United Nations. Activists also stayed in a luxurious hotel owned by Hamas.

 

In 2009 CODEPINK further escalated the intensity of its international campaign to stop the blockade that Egypt and Israel had imposed on Gaza (to prevent the importation of weaponry) after Hamas‘s 2006 election as the region’s dominant political entity.

 

CODEPINK helped to organize an “International Women’s Day” delegation to Gaza in March of 2014. Upon arriving at the Cairo airport on March 3, 2014, however, Benjamin was detained by Egyptian authorities. She was reportedly injured by Egyptian security forces and deported to Turkey. Other members of the international delegation who arrived the next day were also deported. Some members made it into Cairo, although none from the delegation made it to Gaza.

Identifying with Al Qaeda

On June 14, 2014 – CODEPINK founder Benjamin posted a photo on Facebook, with the caption: “Foto from last night here in Yemen with Nasser Al-Awlaki, whose son Anwar and grandson Abdulrahman were killed by drones.”

 

Anwar al-Awlaki was linked to the Fort Hood Shooting and, identified by the U.S. government as involved in senior recruitment and planning for Al Qaeda terrorist operations.

 

On June 17, 2013, Benjamin and fellow CODEPINK founder Jodie Evans organized a protest in Yemen with Al Qaeda-affiliated group al-Karama. Later that year, the U.S. Treasury Department determined that al-Karama’s founding president, Qatari history professor and human-rights activist Abdul Rahman Omeir al-Naimi, was an Al-Qaeda financier.

Anti-Israel Activism

CODEPINK’s official position is to “stand(s) in solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli nonviolent activists and human rights advocates working to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law” and to “educate Americans about the realities of Israel’s occupation and to change U.S. foreign policy in the region.”

 

CODEPINKdivestment campaigns have specifically targeted RE/MAX, Ahava, SodaStream, Hewlett Packard and Airbnb.

 

On November 20, 2016, CODEPINK leader Ariel Gold disrupted a speech given by the actor Ashton Kutcher, who later defended Airbnb. Kutcher stated, “I can appreciate that where there is change there will be a fringe case that feels objectified. But this company is about bringing people together and about loving one another.” Gold was escorted off the stage by security.

 

Prior to the “Gaza Freedom March,” CODEPINK endorsed the “Cairo Declaration to End Israeli Apartheid” that calls for comprehensive boycott of Israel.

 

During the march, CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin coordinated the organization’s stay with the Hamas government. Members stayed in the Commodore, a Hamas-owned five star hotel in Gaza City.

 

While Benjamin claimed that the Hamas government had “pledged to ensure our safety” other CODEPINK leaders accused Hamas of hijacking the initiative and imposing prohibitions on the organization’s movements around Gaza.

Funding

CODEPINK has received financial support from the Benjamin Fund, Global Exchange, the Streisand Foundation, the Threshold Foundation and the Tides Foundation.

 

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Hamas At The Oscars 2024


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It has literally gotten to the point where celebrities at the Oscars wore a button celebrating the Oct. 7 massacre symbolized by one horrific event in 2000 where a violent lynch mob slaughtered & dismembered 2 IDF reservists who got lost & ended up in Ramallah.

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Canary Mission-tweet-11March2024-celebrities at the Oscars wore a button celebrating the Oct. 7 massacre

 


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#Oscar2024 #Oscar A Red HandPin was worn by some last night. Here’s what it stands for.

In 2000 two Israeli soldiers went the wrong way and ended up in Ramallah where they were captured and slaughtered. A gleeful raging Palestinian mob disemboweled them and ate their organs.
There is a photo of one of the terrorists, his bloodied hands pressed against a window.

That’s your red hand pin.

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Irish Jewish Voice-tweet-11March2024-Red HandPin stands for murder Jews


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I like our pins better. 😎

#AmYisraelChai
#StandWithIsrael

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A shield from the “evil eye”


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I see it everywhere, the iconic wide-open eye on the palm of the hand.
Buts the Hamsa a Jewish Symbol?
https://chabad.org/lxuabf
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/6324210/jewish/Is-Hamsa-Jewish.htm

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Is Hamsa Jewish?

By Menachem Posner https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/6324210/jewish/Is-Hamsa-Jewish.htm

 

Hamsa

Hamsa

A Hamsa is an amulet that depicts a symmetrical open hand, typically used decoratively in the home or worn on jewelry. Its name—Arabic for “five”—is representative of the five fingers of the hand and the protective qualities associated with that number. While designs vary, it is common for there to be a wide-open eye on the palm of the hand—symbolizing the desire to be shielded from the “evil eye.”

 

The Hamsa is widespread among Sephardic Jews, many of whom hail from Arabic lands. But it is also common among Muslims and Christians from those same lands. So can the Hamsa be considered a legitimately Jewish symbol, or is it something borrowed from non-Jewish neighbors, or even a holdover from idolatry which was once ubiquitous in those lands?

 

This question has been hotly debated, with great halachic authorities supporting various approaches.

Following the opinion that considers it foreign to the Jewish religion, many Jews refrain from using the Hamsa or hanging it in their homes.

 

However, many Sephardic rabbis taught that it was a legitimate Jewish symbol. Prime examples would be Rabbi Chayim Yosef David Azulai (Chida), as well as Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad (the Ben Ish Chai), who records the custom of hanging a small hand engraved with the Hebrew letter hei (which has the numerical value of five) to ward off the evil eye.1

 

So if this was the custom of your community, you may continue to use one with confidence. If you have no such custom, it would be wise to consult with your rabbi before purchasing that flashy little Hamsa charm.

 

Furthermore, it is important to keep in mind that the Talmud reassures us that the evil eye only affects you if you give it credence and if you worry about it; if you ignore it, the evil eye does not affect you at all.

 

Footnotes
1. Ben Ish Chai, Second Year, Parshat Pinchas, 13.

By Menachem Posner

Rabbi Menachem Posner serves as managing editor at Chabad.org, the world’s largest Jewish informational website. He has been writing, researching, and editing for Chabad.org since 2006, when he received his rabbinic degree from Central Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch. He lives in Chicago, Ill., with his family.

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Americans airdropped MRE food into Gaza, Gazans throw it out


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Americans airdropped food into Gaza.

This man throws it in the trash.

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Aviva Klompas-tweet-4March2024-Americans airdropped MRE food into Gaza, Gazans throw it out

 

 

American Humanitarian Aid washing up on Tel Aviv beach


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Spotted on this morning’s Tel Aviv beach walk: unopened canisters of cooking oil, individual soap packages, and a few bottles of condensed milk. They were being cleaned up by a municipal employee, who told me “it’s a humanitarian delivery to Gaza” 💔💔💔

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Lee Caspi-tweet-16March2024-on Tel Aviv beach

 

 

Steaming hot shawarma in Gaza


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No wonder they’re throwing American air-dropped dry meals into the trash— they got steaming hot shawarma in Gaza right now. I too prefer shawarma to dry ramen noodles.

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Marina Medvin-tweet-5March2024-steaming hot shawarma in Gaza

 

 

 

The Gaza genocide is a blatant lie


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Man from Gaza confirms a food deficit and destruction but says people are alive and living their lives.

The Gaza genocide is a blatant lie— it’s literally a Holocaust smear they use to prod at Jews.

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Marina Medvin-tweet-7March2024-Gaza genocide is a blatant lie

 

 


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The reason they throw away the dehydrated American parachute drop meals is because they have better food on the table.

The only people starving in Gaza are the Israeli and American hostages.
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Displaced Gazans in South Gaza Strip eat their first Suhour meal before dawn today, in preparation the first day of the Ramadan fast.
#TheGazaYouDontSee https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSFf3psp5/

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Hamas MRE Review


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There is something really twisted about dismissing air dropped aid that has been delivered to help Palestinians in Gaza to stay alive and survive.

This aid will save people’s lives.

But this guy went to the trouble of making a video denigrating it.
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Palestinian activist Ahmed Kouta exposes the contents of US airdrops to the starving population of Gaza.
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An MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) are packages of condensed calories meant for military, and also used for humanitarian aid.

According to the Defense Logistics Agency, “The contents of one MRE meal bag provides an average of 1250 kilocalories” made of “13% protein” and “36% fat”.

https://www.dla.mil/Troop-Support/Subsistence/Operational-rations/MRE/

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