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  • in reply to: Bli Neder no music until all hostages are free #2332328
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    My Thoughts After 400 Days without Music
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    After 400 days without music, my memories of the
    music that I used to listen to seem to be fading slowly.

    Still, musical memories continue to enter my mind every day,
    unwanted and unprovoked. This seems to indicate that I spent
    way too much time listening to music, before
    the Nova Music Festival massacre of October 7, 2023.

    A few weeks ago, a pleasant musical memory entered my mind.
    Because my musical memories are very accurate, this gave me
    just as much pleasure as actually listening to music, for a few seconds.

    Then I remembered the soldiers in Eretz Yisrael who lost
    hands and feet and arms and legs, and then suddenly,
    my pleasant musical memory stopped, because I could not
    allow myself to enjoy myself that way when our heroes are suffering.

    How can I listen to music when the one country that
    is SUPPOSED to be our big friend betrays us
    and helps genocidal terrorists who want us all dead?

    Not too long ago, when I heard someone say that all
    of the hostages were probably dead, I shook for a moment,
    as if I were suddenly hit by a big blast of freezing cold air.

    50 years ago, one of my childhood memories was Israel
    being attacked by the surrounding nations, nations who
    intended to commit genocide against Israel’s entire Jewish population.

    50 years later, Israel is still being attacked by armies who
    intend to commit genocide against Israel’s entire Jewish population.

    Like Mr. Jackie Mason said in September 2014:
    “Three things are certain: death, taxes and anti-Semitism”.

    The MSM (Mainstream News Media) does everything possible
    to make Israel look like the wicked villains and also make
    Israel’s genocidal terrorist enemies look like innocent victims.

    The MSM immediately accepts the claims of Israel’s genocidal
    terrorist enemies as being 100% true and reliable,
    because they believe that Jews should be the only people
    in the world who should not have their own land to live in.

    The MSM also believes that Israel should be the ONLY country
    in the world that must defend itself with ZERO civilian casualties,
    even when they fight against lunatic genocidal terrorist enemies
    who always use civilians as Human Shields
    (for example: Hamas and Hezbollah).

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    Shmuel Abramson said:

    My Heilige Zaideh was an Odom Gadol and leader in the Oilam HaYeshivos of America.

    During the 1967 war, he didn’t eat for 6 days when the “Treifeh Medina” was under attack.

    This was a Yid who couldn’t stand for the faults of that Medina, yet a yid is a yid is a yid!

    SOURCE: Letter to the Editor: Lakewood Protest or Unity?
    Choosing Solidarity with Eretz Yisroel During Wartime

    by Shmuel Abramson, 2024 September 26, VIN News (dot) com

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    On 2024 October 14 Yeshiva World News reported:

    “Rebbetzin Leah Kolodetsky, the daughter of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, z’tl,
    moved the relatives of hostages to tears who visited her at her home in Bnei Brak
    on Sunday evening. The hostages’ relatives were in Bnei Brak as a part of a Sukkos tour.

    The Rebbetzin told them that for months after October 7, her husband,
    HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Kolodetsky, 70 [years old],
    slept on the floor in solidarity with the suffering of the hostages.”

    SOURCE: MOVING: HaRav Chaim’s Son-In-Law Has Slept
    On A Piece Of Plywood Since October 7
    ” 2024 October 14, Yeshiva World News
    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2324433/moving-harav-chaims-son-in-law-has-slept-on-a-piece-of-plywood-since-october-7.html

    in reply to: Am I A Hypocrite? Or Just Plain Selfish? #2332323
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    pekak:

    Thank you for sharing those very valid facts!

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    lakewoodbt:

    After 120 years, G*D will judge you for Sinat Chinam
    against Torah-observant members of the IDF.
    You are not good enough to polish their shoes.

    You will also be judged for your inexcusable lack of gratitude
    (Hakarat HaTov) towards members of the IDF,
    who make gigantic sacrifices protect Jewish land and Jewish lives.

    Last but not least, the people who taught you to hate
    will be punished for teaching Sinat Chinam and ingratitude.

    in reply to: Adopt a dog. It’s a chesed. #2332322
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    If you truly desire to do a great chesed,
    then forget about adopting animals,
    and instead adopt a Jewish orphan,
    or a Baal Teshivah or a sincere Gair Tzedek.

    in reply to: Israel Seminary – Pros, Cons Etc. #2331917
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    One of the Frummest Rabbis who I ever knew,
    a man who knows all of Shas and Shulchan Aruch,
    who holds by every possible chumrah,
    who holds by only the Charedi Gedolim,
    told me many times that seminary for girls
    is waste of time, and he refused to send his girls to seminary.

    in reply to: Am I A Hypocrite? Or Just Plain Selfish? #2331907
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    There are Orthodox synagogues in New York City
    that have more than a dozen Torah Scrolls.

    There are Orthodox synagogues in New York City
    that have twice (2x) as many Torah Scrolls than they need,
    or even thrice (3x) as many Torah Scrolls than they need,

    These synagogues should consider donating some
    of their Torah Scrolls to Orthodox synagogues in
    Eretz Yisrael, or some other place that truly needs them.

    If I remember correctly, there was a non-profit organization
    around 20 or 25 years ago, whose only purpose was to
    transfer Torah Scrolls from Orthodox synagogues
    in the USA who had more than they could use,
    to poor Orthodox synagogues in Eretz Yisrael.

    Sorry, but I do not remember the name of that organization.

    in reply to: President-Elect Donald J. Trump #2331725
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    Jonathan Pollard said this on 2024 March 19:

    “The Biden Administration IS an enemy
    of the Jewish people and State of Israel.”

    SOURCE: Youtube video titled: “Jonathan Pollard:
    The New American Pier and Rescuing Gazan Refugees” by Machon Shilo

    PS: The Biden Administration includes Kamala Harris,
    who publicly claimed to participate in every important
    decision that was made by the Biden Administration.

    Last but not least, Kamala Harris is infamous as the
    most anti-Israel member of the Biden Administration.

    in reply to: Adopt a dog. It’s a chesed. #2331724
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    If I remember correctly, one Rabbi said that
    a Jew should not have a dog in his house,
    if the dog will scare aware poor people
    who come to collect tzedakah.

    Sorry, I do not remember the name of the Rabbi.

    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2331364
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    Jonathan Pollard said this on 2024 March 19:

    “The Biden Administration IS an enemy
    of the Jewish people and State of Israel.”

    SOURCE: Youtube video titled: “Jonathan Pollard:
    The New American Pier and Rescuing Gazan Refugees” by Machon Shilo

    PS: The Biden Administration includes Kamala Harris,
    who publicly claimed to participate in every important
    decision that was made by the Biden Administration.

    Last but not least, Kamala Harris is infamous as the
    most anti-Israel member of the Biden Administration.

    in reply to: You wanted an insane dictator? You got him! #2330787
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    [1] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who worked to reduce or eliminate the right of Free Speech for all Americans.

    [2] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who used Social Media censorship to block and erase the opinions of people who disagreed with them.

    [3] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who immediately accused anyone who disagreed with them of being:
    haters, racists, sexists, fascists, etc, etc, etc.

    [4] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who used their power to “cancel” people who disagreed with them:
    by getting them fired from their jobs, and by boycotting their businesses,
    and by blocking people from attending their public speeches,
    and by rudely shouting-down speakers who disagreed with them, so they were unable to speak.

    [5] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who attempted to confuse voters by accusing their political opponents
    of committing the same wrongdoings that they themselves were guilty of.
    Psychologists refer to this as “projection”

    [6] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who weaponized government agencies against their political opponents,
    which included using the Court System and the Department of Justice
    and the FBI to constantly harass their political opponents with relentless prosecutions.

    NOTE: President Obama used the IRS to attack pro-Israel non-profit organizations.

    [7] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who created a two-tiered dual Court System, in which Politically Correct people
    (who agree with the Democratic Party) are given minimum punishments, or no punishments,
    while Politically Incorrect people (who disagree with the Democratic Party) are given maximum punishments.

    [8] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who created a new “education system” where very young children
    can have their sex changed, through surgery, WITHOUT the consent of their parents!!
    WOW!! WOW!! WOW!!
    And if their parents try to stop the sex-change surgery, they were threatened by the FBI!!
    WOW!! WOW!! WOW!!

    [9] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who worked long and hard to normalize the abominations of:
    homosexuality, lesbianism and so-called “trans-gender-ism”.

    [10] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who worked long and hard to give legal rights and preferential hiring to:
    gays, lesbians, and so-called “trans-gender” people.

    [11] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who gave the USA out-of-control currency inflation and HUGE price increases.

    [12] It was the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who members supported Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran,
    in their unholy crusade to completely erase and completely destroy Israel.

    [13] It is the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump,
    who HATE AMERICA and its wise Constitution, which guarantees
    the rights of American citizens, in a way that people around the world envy.

    If you believe that Donald Trump is a dictator, then you are worse than simply wrong;
    you are viewing the situation upside-down and backwards.
    Your view of our situation is not merely false; it is the complete opposite of the truth.

    It is the Democratic Party, not Donald Trump, who want to make the USA
    into a dictatorship with no free speech and no free news media and
    only one legal political party (the Democratic Party) and only one legal religion (Islam).

    If you still support Democratic Party, then you are an ALLY of Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran.

    If you still support Democratic Party, then you are an ENEMY of Israel,
    and an ENEMY of all Jews, and an ENEMY of the USA,
    and an ENEMY of the G*D-of-Israel and His Torah.

    in reply to: Adopt a dog. It’s a chesed. #2330508
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    Your Dog Doesn’t Love You by Rabbi Yonason Goldson
    http://jewishworldreview.com/0516/goldson_pet_loving.php3

    in reply to: Adopt a dog. It’s a chesed. #2330506
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    Bava Kama, page 83A,:

    Once, a pregnant woman went to bake in the house of another person. 

    A dog in the house barked at her, so the owner assured her:
    Do not worry, his teeth were removed! 

    She said to him: It is too late for your reassurances.
    Take your favors and throw them on the thorns!
    The fetus has already died. 

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    Rambam’s Hilchot Nizikei Mamon, chapter 5, paragraph 9:

    The chachamim prohibited the raising of pigs, in every place,
    and also dogs, unless it is restrained with a chain…
    and the chachamim said:
    Those who raise dogs or pigs should be cursed,
    because they often cause damage.

    .ואמרו חכמים: ארור מגדל כלבים וחזירים מפני שהזיקן מרובה ומצוי

    in reply to: You wanted an insane dictator? You got him! #2330498
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    When Donald Trump was elected President in 2016 CE,
    many Leftists and Liberals publicly stated that
    Donald Trump would certainly start new wars.

    TOTAL NUMBER OF WARS STARTED BY DONALD TRUMP: ZERO [0].

    TOTAL NUMBER OF LIBERALS AND LEFTISTS WHO ADMITTED THAT THEY WERE WRONG: ZERO [0].

    in reply to: Is The “Mysterious Benedict Society” Kosher #2330472
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    MRS PLONY said:

    “Did Avigdor Miller say anything about the Narnia books?”

    MY RESPONSE:

    The Narnia books written by C. S. Lewis contain a very strong Xtian messages.
    Reading those books is like reading Xtian missionary literature.

    MY ADVICE: Stay away from the Narnia books written by C. S. Lewis.
    Even the Gentiles are turning away from those books.

    in reply to: Trump Good for Jews? Consider these worrying trends #2329670
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    Baruch Green of VIN News said:

    Here’s why it is clear and irrefutable that Donald Trump deserves to be re-elected, and the country badly needs his leadership.

    (1) Heading in the Wrong Direction

    The nation is on a troubling path. Open borders have led to an influx of unvetted illegal migrants, attracting drug cartels, gangs, human trafficking networks, and terrorists, who invade and exploit vulnerable suburban neighborhoods. Innocent lives have been taken due to this flagrant violation of our country’s constitutional laws.

    Meanwhile, soaring inflation and interest rates have made life increasingly difficult for middle- and low-income Americans who struggle with exorbitant costs

    Additionally, concerns over political freedom have emerged, with Biden and Harris weaponizing the justice system to target political opponents through “lawfare,” rather than protecting the American people’s freedoms.

    The left is on a mission to censor the opposition, suppress the facts, and control the flow of (mis)information. This poses an existential threat to democracy which must be defeated, or the future of our republic is in peril.

    (2) Dangerous Radical-Left Ideologies

    Progressive policies have redefined essential aspects of American life, from “woke” gender ideologies and immorality infiltrating schools and institutions to controversial diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies affecting our everyday lives. The left has promoted late-term abortions, even during the ninth month, when a child is viable.

    Biological males can access women’s locker rooms and sports, eroding women’s rights and protections. Meanwhile, taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for illegal aliens in prisons, promoted by Kamala Harris, reveal how her radical agenda has shifted society away from core American values, and toward dangerous social experimentation.

    (3) Attacks on Our Closest Ally, Israel

    The recent, brutal assault on Israel by Hamas and other Iranian Proxies underscored the critical importance of maintaining strong relationships with allies. Biden’s lifting of sanctions on Iran has fueled regional instability, enabling adversaries to target Israel, our strongest Middle Eastern ally.

    Kamala Harris has been sympathetic and supportive of pro-Hamas elements which have hijacked the Democrat party.

    Trump’s first administration, by contrast, made historic strides in fostering peace in the region by strengthening Israel. These include the embassy move, recognition of sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and Abraham Accords, which expanded diplomatic ties and enhanced Israel’s security.

    (4) Strengthening Economy Through Capitalism

    Trump’s commitment to free-market capitalism starkly contrasts with the current administration’s tilt–or total shift–toward socialism. His tax cuts and deregulatory policies served as a catalyst for business growth and prosperity, creating jobs and exciting opportunities for all Americans.

    The current administration’s policies of wealth redistribution, heavy regulation, and crushing climate policies reflect a socialist direction, which stifles innovation, job creation, and personal responsibility. Trump’s policies created explosive economic growth that benefited American workers, helped the ‘little guy’ and allowed families to thrive.

    (5) School Choice and Support for Communities of Faith

    Trump has been a vocal advocate for school choice, which provides much-needed support to parents who want quality education options. This approach especially resonates with the Orthodox Jewish community, who face astronomical private school tuition costs. Trump’s policies would ease this financial burden and give parents more control over their children’s education, in line with their faith and values.

    ‘America First’ Foreign Policy and National Security: For the first time in decades, there were no wars during Trump’s presidency. His foreign policy focused on reducing U.S. involvement in costly foreign entanglements while prioritizing American interests and security. His firm stance on military strength and global engagement left the U.S. safer and respected on the world stage, in stark contrast to the Biden administration’s policies of weakness and cowardice that have led to escalating international crises and heavily diminished national security.

    (6) Return to Law and Order

    For decades Trump has championed justice and law enforcement, recognizing the need to keep our communities safe and secure. His commitment to law and order offers a counterpoint to current policies, which have encouraged violent crime, theft and shoplifting to surge. Under Trump, Americans knew they could depend on a leader who would prioritize the safety of their children, families and neighborhoods, while protecting and supporting the police who risk their lives daily to protect our citizens.

    (7) Two Divergent Visions for America

    This election represents a choice between two distinct paths: one vision that promotes a prosperous, secure, and proud America, and another that leans toward economic hardship, international instability, and ideological experimentation. Trump’s re-election would mean a return to policies that champion freedom, economic opportunity, and American pride.

    It’s time to make America great, prosperous, safe, and proud again.

    In Conclusion…

    President Trump is the candidate with the unwavering values, moral clarity, strength, integrity, courage, resolve, and principles to lead our nation out of the many struggles we face. He is a proven winner.

    Most importantly, as during his first term, Trump demonstrated leadership abilities and success, despite immeasurable obstacles and enmity from the Democrats, media, and even some Republicans.

    The choice is clear.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Why Donald Trump Deserves Re-Election
    and Kamala Harris Must be Defeated
    ” by Baruch Green,
    2024 October 31 www (dot) VINNews (dot) com

    in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2329668
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    in reply to: Why Jews are Quitting the Democratic Party #2329667
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    Please watch this Youtube video about why Jews are leaving the Democratic Party:

    “Charlie Kirk VISIBLY SHOCKED when Jew says what Most are Afraid to Admit” by Rabbi Pinchas Taylor

    in reply to: Israel Antagonist Kamala Harris #2329663
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    Kamala Harris is exposed on these 3 Youtube videos:
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    Kamala Harris INCAPABLE of doing interviews (less than two minutes)

    Kamala Harris Just DESTROYED Her Campaign by WolvesAndFinance (27 minutes)

    Hysterical Kamala Harris parody ad goes viral after being banned by Gavin Newsom
    by Sky News Australia (6 minutes and very funny)

    in reply to: What Can YWN Do To Improve Itself This New Coming Year? #2328802
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    Yeshiva World News should report statements made by
    the Rosh HaYeshivahs of the Hesder Yeshivahs.

    The Hesder Yeshivahs spend half their time studying Torah
    and half their time protecting the Jewish People, and
    protecting the holy Jewish Land, and fighting against Amalek.

    They are part of the Yeshiva World, whether you admit it or not.

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    Joshua Marks of Jewish News Syndicate said:

    “Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren
    on Sunday called for the White House to state unequivocally
    that Jerusalem is not committing genocide in the Gaza Strip,
    after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to equivocate on the issue.

    The Democratic nominee for president [Kamala Harris] appeared
    to suggest at a campaign event in Milwaukee that the Jewish state
    was committing genocide, in an incident involving an anti-Israel heckler.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Harris Genocide Accusation
    ‘shocking,’ says Former Israeli Ambassador

    by Joshua Marks, 2024 October 20, www (dot) JNS (dot) org

    in reply to: President Donald Trump, Oheiv Yisroel Par Excellence #2328489
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    Reuven Rosenfeld of VIN News said:

    WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews)-President Donald Trump has publicly
    criticized President Joe Biden for advising Israel not to launch an attack
    on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Trump called Biden’s stance the “wrong answer,”
    signaling disapproval of the current administration’s
    approach to the growing threat posed by Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

    Trump made it clear that, under his leadership,
    the U.S. would fully support Israel in neutralizing Tehran’s nuclear threat.

    He emphasized that a strong and unyielding stance against Iran
    is necessary for both regional stability and global security.
    Trump’s remarks reflect his previous administration’s
    hardline policies against Iran, including withdrawing
    from the nuclear deal and imposing sanctions.

    The former president [Donald Trump] also suggested that
    [President Joe] Biden’s cautionary stance could embolden
    Iran to continue its nuclear development unchallenged.

    Trump underscored his commitment to Israel’s security,
    stating that the U.S. should back any action Israel deems
    necessary to defend itself from existential threats
    posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Trump Criticizes Biden
    for Warning Israel Against Striking Iran’s Nuclear Facilities

    by Reuven Rosenfeld, 2024 October 5, www (dot) VINnews (dot) com

    in reply to: Is The “Mysterious Benedict Society” Kosher #2328488
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    If I remember correctly, Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZTL ZYA
    once said, in a public lecture, that if you want to find
    kosher secular books to read, then search for books
    that were written a very long time go,
    before the secular society became atheist and immoral.

    If you want kosher secular books to read, then I suggest
    the Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    and “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkien.

    Also biographies of people who lived long ago,
    like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.

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    Joshua Marks of Jewish News Syndicate said:

    “Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren
    on Sunday called for the White House to state unequivocally
    that Jerusalem is not committing genocide in the Gaza Strip,
    after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to equivocate on the issue.

    The Democratic nominee for president [Kamala Harris] appeared to
    suggest at a campaign event in Milwaukee that the Jewish state
    was committing genocide, in an incident involving an anti-Israel heckler.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Harris Genocide Accusation
    ‘shocking,’ says Former Israeli Ambassador

    by Joshua Marks, 2024 October 20, www (dot) JNS (dot) org

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    Reuven Rosenfeld of VIN News said:

    WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — President Donald Trump has publicly
    criticized President Joe Biden for advising Israel not to launch
    an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Trump called Biden’s stance
    the “wrong answer,” signaling disapproval of the current administration’s
    approach to the growing threat posed by Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

    Trump made it clear that, under his leadership, the U.S. would
    fully support Israel in neutralizing Tehran’s nuclear threat.

    He emphasized that a strong and unyielding stance against Iran
    is necessary for both regional stability and global security.

    Trump’s remarks reflect his previous administration’s hardline policies
    against Iran, including withdrawing from the nuclear deal and imposing sanctions.

    The former president [Donald Trump] also suggested that [President Joe] Biden’s
    cautionary stance could embolden Iran to continue its nuclear development unchallenged.

    Trump underscored his commitment to Israel’s security, stating that
    the U.S. should back any action Israel deems necessary to defend itself
    from existential threats posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Trump Criticizes Biden for
    Warning Israel Against Striking Iran’s Nuclear Facilities

    by Reuven Rosenfeld, 2024 October 5, www (dot) VINnews (dot) com

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    Mr. Dominic Green wrote this:

    “Nor are American Jews unique in voting Democrat,
    even though the Democrats will tax them and use quotas
    to exclude their children from the best universities.”
    ….
    “the Democratic Party is now the party of the rich.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Despite it all, America’s
    Jews are still voting for the Democrats

    by Mr. Dominic Green 2023 June 29 www (dot) The JC (dot) com

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    Yeshiva World News HQ in in NYC said this:

    “Jewish support for the Democratic Party has fallen to its lowest level in 40 years,
    according to a poll released Friday by the Manhattan Institute.”

    “The survey shows that Vice President Kamala Harris holds 67% of Jewish
    voter support, compared to 31% who favor former President Donald Trump.
    While Harris is expected to secure a majority of the Jewish vote,
    the figure marks a sharp decline from former President Bill Clinton’s
    80% [Jewish] support in 1992, and the lowest since the Ronald Reagan era.”

    “The shift comes in the wake of the October 7 [2023 CE] Hamas massacre
    of Israeli civilians, which has left many American Jews furious with
    the mixed response from the Biden-Harris administration
    and growing antisemitism on college campuses.”

    “Despite Jewish voters traditionally leaning toward Democrats on most issues,
    the Biden administration’s fluctuating stance on Israel and its relationship
    with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has prompted
    some American Jews to reconsider their allegiance to the Democratic Party.”

    “The poll reveals that 86% of Jewish voters support Israel,
    while 62% express concerns aboaut rising antisemitism within the Democratic Party.”

    Jesse Arm, chief of staff at the Manhattan Institute, noted that
    Jewish voters now see “security, Israel, and antisemitism”
    as vulnerabilities for Harris in comparison to Trump.

    “This is evidenced by the fact that Jews are almost universally supportive of Israel
    —only 5% of Jewish voters say they do not support the Jewish state,” Arm said.
    “[Kamala] Harris’ strongest support comes from Reform, unaffiliated,
    or nondenominational Jews, according to the survey.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Jewish Support for Democrats
    Hits 40-Year Low Amid Concerns Over Israel and Antisemitism

    2024 October 21, Yeshiva World News HQ in in NYC

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    News Reporter Josh Christenson of The New York Post said:

    “Vice President Kamala Harris’ tax proposal would cost the US nearly 800,000 jobs,
    roughly twice as many as former President Donald Trump’s plan,
    according to a recent analysis.”

    “The nonpartisan Tax Foundation think tank estimated that Harris’ proposals
    would shrink the American long-run GDP by 2% and
    reduce wages by 1.2%, while lowering employment by roughly 786,000 jobs.”
    ….
    “At least 177,000 jobs would be lost under a Harris administration just by
    raising the net investment income tax rate from 3.8% to 5%
    and shifting the Medicare tax rate up to the same percentage.”

    “Another 131,000 jobs would vanish under the expansion of the earned income tax credit,”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Kamala Harris’ tax plan
    would cost nearly 800K jobs: analysis

    by Josh Christenson, 2024 September 20,
    for The New York Post, www (dot) NYPost (dot) org

    in reply to: ‘No Hat, No Jacket, No Davening?’: A Shul’s Sign Challenges Unity #2327935
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    Dear Neville,

    In Tanach, in Sefer Shmuel Aleph, chapter 16, verse 6,
    the great Shmuel HaNavi mistakenly identified Eliav ben Yishai
    as the next Melech Yisrael, because of his external appearance.

    In the next verse, verse 7, G*D said to Shmuel HaNavi:

    “Pay no attention to his appearance or his stature,
    for I have rejected him.
    For not as man sees; man sees only what is visible,
    but the G*D sees into the heart.”

    Since this is written in Tanach, all Jews must learn from this.

    in reply to: Jews must recognize the mysterious world #2327931
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    Numerous Torah sources indicate that serious Kabalah study
    is *** ONLY *** correct for a small minority of Jews who
    excel in Torah scholarship and righteousness, as defined by Torah.

    Please do not feel offended by what I am about to say, but Kabalah study
    is NOT for women, and NOT for young people, and not for Gentiles.

    This is contrary to wicked fools who teach Kabalah to everybody.

    If you are not an Orthodox Rabbi and over age 40, then Kabalah study
    is probably not for you. Sorry about that!

    The Shabbetai Tzvi disaster was largely caused by the Kabalah study
    of many unqualified people. Why should we repeat that tragic history?

    Last but not least, the Midrash clearly teaches that:
    “The Jews will not be redeemed until they unite as one …”
    (Midrash Tanchuma, Parshas Nitzavim, end of chapter 1).

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    There is only one way to know for sure if a specific book is clean and correct for Jewish children.

    You must read the book yourself, from the first page, to the last page.

    Then you will know the answer to your question. I hope this helps.

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    Professor Thane Rosenbaum wrote this
    for The Los Angeles Jewish Journal:

    …after 46 years as a die-hard Democrat, I have alerted the NYS
    Board of Elections that I am now, officially, an Independent.

    The past eight years have been one slow death march of
    the Democratic Party’s abandonment of its Jewish voting bloc.
    It coincided with a descent into an illiberal, ahistorical and
    morally misguided adherence to identity politics,
    intersectionality, CRT, DEI, anti-colonialism,
    and the social upheavals wrought by “political correctness.”

    It has led to a wide assortment of pathologies, ranging from
    restrictions on free speech and open inquiry to the debasement
    of our immigration laws, the bedlam on our streets and college campuses,
    the desertion of foreign allies, the brainwashing of our youth,
    the wrecking of our economy, the upending of gender and sexual categories,
    and an appalling anti-Americanism that I surely have not seen in my lifetime.

    …The [Democratic] Party has fast become a home for left-wing zealots
    for whom nothing matters more than pronoun usage, open borders,
    and emptying our prisons of over-represented minorities.

    For me, the breaking point came with Joe Biden’s shameful
    CNN interview where he made clear that the United States
    would not support Israel’s incursion into Rafah to route
    the remaining Hamas terrorists responsible for 10/7.

    Let me get this straight: The United States devoted a decade to
    hunting down and assassinating Osama bin Laden,
    killing 250,000 Afghani and Iraqi civilians along the way.
    No condemning U.N. resolutions. No protests. No International
    Court of Justice proceedings. All throughout America’s War on Terror,
    Israel provided necessary intelligence and regional backup,
    and erected a 9/11 memorial —t he only one outside
    the United States listing the names of all victims.

    Yet, the Biden administration is withholding from Israel the necessary
    weaponry (already earmarked by Congress) with which to conduct
    its wholly justified military operations? Israel does not require Biden’s blessing.
    And the precision of the Rafah campaign will now be less precise.

    Curiously, the president repeatedly acknowledged that 10/7 was
    an unprovoked attack for which Israel has a moral and legal right of self-defense,
    and that Hamas presents an existential threat that must be eradicated.
    Biden’s “ironclad” commitment to Israel has already gone limp.

    Apparently, unlike the United States, Israel must be denied
    its moral obligation to bring justice to its people and security to its borders.
    It can defend against missiles, but not dismantle them at the source.

    Biden’s actions have given comfort to Hamas and its patron, Iran.
    Why should Hamas return hostages (some, Americans),
    if Biden is singularly focused on constraining Israeli military offenses?

    Moreover, Biden just gave a shout-out to those ignorant college students
    and their Jew-hating, anti-American professors. Sorry, “Genocide Joe,”
    asserting your mojo and cultivating a youthful
    antisemitic constituency won’t help you come November.

    For reasons only rabid progressives can explain, Palestinians,
    who are more like Hamas accomplices than true civilians,
    are more precious than the world’s other civilians.

    Is it because Jews aren’t permitted to win wars,
    especially against brown-skinned people?

    The Jewish state must always agree to ceasefires,
    perform humanitarian acts while fighting in self-defense, and sue for peace.

    This betrayal has little to do with moral equivocation
    and everything to do with local politics. Biden will, apparently,
    do or say anything to woo the 600,000 Muslim voters of Michigan,
    and stay within the good graces of that
    dreadful Detroit Motown act, Bernie Sanders and the Squad.

    Is it worth it, this backstabbing of Jewish-Americans, an important
    minority reliably loyal to the Democratic Party? Always true blue,
    as if the Party had nominated Moses as its standard bearer
    and Anne Frank as his running mate. The progressive perfidy
    is even more heartbreaking. Jews stood at the forefront of
    nearly every movement of social activism in the United States,
    from labor unions to civil liberties, feminism, civil rights, and gay rights.

    Apparently, the reward for all those years of solidarity
    has been exclusion and antisemitism.

    In the end, Joe Biden picked the Muslims of Michigan over
    moral clarity, a coherent foreign policy, and love of country.

    SOURCE: article titled: “So Long, Democratic Party
    by Professor Thane Rosenbaum, 2024 May 12,
    The Los Angeles Jewish Journal, www (dot) JewishJournal (dot) com

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    One of the Frummest Jews I ever knew in my entire life, a man
    whose heart is filled with Yirat Shamayim, a man whose mind
    knows all of Shas and all of Shulchan Aruch, told me a few years ago
    that the Frum Community “values form over substance”.

    In other words, the Frum Community prioritizes what people look like
    on the outside, more so than what people are on the inside.

    The most crooked businessman would be admitted to that minyan, if only he wore a hat and jacket.

    The most honest businessman would be thrown-out of that minyan, without a hat and jacket.

    This does not surprise me, after 40+ years of dealing with Orthodox Jews.

    There is a specific uniform that Orthodox Jews require,
    and they equate that uniform with The Torah Itself.

    Failing to wear that specific uniform is misinterpreted as
    a rejection of the entire Torah, and an attack against the entire Torah.

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    Professor Thane Rosenbaum wrote this
    for The Los Angeles Jewish Journal:

    “The past eight years have been one slow death march of
    the Democratic Party’s abandonment of its Jewish voting bloc.”

    Not that my political affiliation is any of your business,
    but I thought I might share with you that after 46 years
    as a die-hard Democrat, I have alerted the New York State
    Board of Elections that I am now, officially, an Independent.

    Honestly, I couldn’t take it anymore.
    My options, as a voter, are now more open than ever.

    The past eight years have been one slow death march of
    the Democratic Party’s abandonment of its Jewish voting bloc.
    It coincided with a descent into an illiberal, ahistorical and
    morally misguided adherence to identity politics,
    intersectionality, CRT, DEI, anti-colonialism,
    and the social upheavals wrought by “political correctness.”

    It has led to a wide assortment of pathologies, ranging from
    restrictions on free speech and open inquiry to the debasement
    of our immigration laws, the bedlam on our streets and college campuses,
    the desertion of foreign allies, the brainwashing of our youth,
    the wrecking of our economy, the upending of gender and sexual categories,
    and an appalling anti-Americanism that I surely have not seen in my lifetime.

    Party leaders have taken for granted that Jewish Republicans
    are an anathema, and people like me, who identify with 19th-century liberalism,
    have nowhere else to go. Believing that there is no risk of flight,
    they have consigned Jewish -Americans to a political party
    allied with those who would wipe Israel from the map
    (if these domestic haters could only find it on a map).

    Those presumptions may turn out to be false.
    Jewish affiliation with Republican politics has already grown,
    and stands at 29%—even before some of the recent events
    that have alienated Jewish Democrats.
    And while there’s no actual party for Americans who eschew
    the two-party system altogether, I do not believe
    I will be alone this election as an unaffiliated voter.

    To remain with the Democratic ticket would make me feel like a real donkey.
    I can live without an animal mascot representing independent voters
    (I suggest one that naturally stands apart from the herd).
    And I have reconciled myself to knowing that in 2022,
    New York banned any political party wishing to refer to itself as Independent.

    …The [Democratic] Party has fast become a home for left-wing zealots
    for whom nothing matters more than pronoun usage, open borders,
    and emptying our prisons of overrepresented minorities.

    The Democrats finally became the party that progressives and socialists
    wanted in electing Barack Obama. It was unfeasible for him,
    at the time, to implement the political transformation
    he had hoped his administration would bring. (Yes, I voted for him twice,
    even as I feared the generational damage it might inflict.)

    Ironically, it was his politically more moderate vice president, Joe Biden,
    who would eventually accede to the Oval Office and take America
    in a direction that would make Bill Ayers,
    Pastor Jeremiah Wright and Reverend Louis Farrakhan proud.

    For me, the breaking point came with Joe Biden’s shameful CNN interview
    where he made clear that the United States would not support
    Israel’s incursion into Rafah to route
    the remaining Hamas terrorists responsible for 10/7.

    Let me get this straight: The United States devoted a decade to
    hunting down and assassinating Osama bin Laden,
    killing 250,000 Afghani and Iraqi civilians along the way.
    No condemning U.N. resolutions. No protests. No International
    Court of Justice proceedings. All throughout America’s War on Terror,
    Israel provided necessary intelligence and regional backup,
    and erected a 9/11 memorial —t he only one outside
    the United States listing the names of all victims.

    Yet, the Biden administration is withholding from Israel the necessary
    weaponry (already earmarked by Congress) with which to conduct
    its wholly justified military operations? Israel does not require Biden’s blessing.
    And the precision of the Rafah campaign will now be less precise.

    Curiously, the president repeatedly acknowledged that 10/7 was
    an unprovoked attack for which Israel has a moral and legal right of self-defense,
    and that Hamas presents an existential threat that must be eradicated.
    Biden’s “ironclad” commitment to Israel has already gone limp.
    Apparently, unlike the United States, Israel must be denied
    its moral obligation to bring justice to its people and security to its borders.
    It can defend against missiles, but not dismantle them at the source.

    Biden’s actions have given comfort to Hamas and its patron, Iran.
    Why should Hamas return hostages (some, Americans),
    if Biden is singularly focused on constraining Israeli military offenses?

    Moreover, Biden just gave a shout-out to those ignorant college students
    and their Jew-hating, anti-American professors. Sorry, “Genocide Joe,”
    asserting your mojo and cultivating a youthful
    antisemitic constituency won’t help you come November.

    For reasons only rabid progressives can explain, Palestinians,
    who are more like Hamas accomplices than true civilians,
    are more precious than the world’s other civilians.
    Is it because Jews aren’t permitted to win wars,
    especially against brown-skinned people?
    The Jewish state must always agree to ceasefires,
    perform humanitarian acts while fighting in self-defense, and sue for peace.

    This betrayal has little to do with moral equivocation
    and everything to do with local politics. Biden will, apparently,
    do or say anything to woo the 600,000 Muslim voters of Michigan,
    and stay within the good graces of that
    dreadful Detroit Motown act, Bernie Sanders and the Squad.

    Is it worth it, this backstabbing of Jewish-Americans, an important
    minority reliably loyal to the Democratic Party? Always true blue,
    as if the Party had nominated Moses as its standard bearer
    and Anne Frank as his running mate. The progressive perfidy
    is even more heartbreaking. Jews stood at the forefront of
    nearly every movement of social activism in the United States,
    from labor unions to civil liberties, feminism, civil rights, and gay rights.

    Apparently, the reward for all those years of solidarity has been exclusion and antisemitism.

    I am under no illusion that my departure from the Party will matter to anyone.
    After all, jettisoning Jewish white males is one of the objectives
    of its racial identity and rigid orthodoxy.
    Should moderates ever reclaim control from the Marxists and Islamists, give me a call.

    Is there anything else he needs to know?

    In the end, Joe Biden picked the Muslims of Michigan over moral clarity,
    a coherent foreign policy, and love of country. Yes, he’s increasingly addled.
    But he well knows that Jewish-Americans, or Jewish-Israelis,
    are highly unlikely to ever burn an American flag and shout, “Death to America!”

    SOURCE: article titled: “So Long, Democratic Party
    by Professor Thane Rosenbaum, 2024 May 12,
    The Los Angeles Jewish Journal, www (dot) JewishJournal (dot) com

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    Professor Thane Rosenbaum wrote this
    for The Los Angeles Jewish Journal:

    “The past eight years have been one slow death march of
    the Democratic Party’s abandonment of its Jewish voting bloc.”

    Not that my political affiliation is any of your business,
    but I thought I might share with you that after 46 years
    as a die-hard Democrat, I have alerted the New York State
    Board of Elections that I am now, officially, an Independent.

    Honestly, I couldn’t take it anymore.
    My options, as a voter, are now more open than ever.

    The past eight years have been one slow death march of
    the Democratic Party’s abandonment of its Jewish voting bloc.
    It coincided with a descent into an illiberal, ahistorical and
    morally misguided adherence to identity politics,
    intersectionality, CRT, DEI, anti-colonialism,
    and the social upheavals wrought by “political correctness.”

    It has led to a wide assortment of pathologies, ranging from
    restrictions on free speech and open inquiry to the debasement
    of our immigration laws, the bedlam on our streets and college campuses,
    the desertion of foreign allies, the brainwashing of our youth,
    the wrecking of our economy, the upending of gender and sexual categories,
    and an appalling anti-Americanism that I surely have not seen in my lifetime.

    Party leaders have taken for granted that Jewish Republicans
    are an anathema, and people like me, who identify with 19th-century liberalism,
    have nowhere else to go. Believing that there is no risk of flight,
    they have consigned Jewish -Americans to a political party
    allied with those who would wipe Israel from the map
    (if these domestic haters could only find it on a map).

    Those presumptions may turn out to be false.
    Jewish affiliation with Republican politics has already grown,
    and stands at 29%—even before some of the recent events
    that have alienated Jewish Democrats.
    And while there’s no actual party for Americans who eschew
    the two-party system altogether, I do not believe
    I will be alone this election as an unaffiliated voter.

    To remain with the Democratic ticket would make me feel like a real donkey.
    I can live without an animal mascot representing independent voters
    (I suggest one that naturally stands apart from the herd).
    And I have reconciled myself to knowing that in 2022,
    New York banned any political party wishing to refer to itself as Independent.

    …The [Democratic] Party has fast become a home for left-wing zealots
    for whom nothing matters more than pronoun usage, open borders,
    and emptying our prisons of overrepresented minorities.

    The Democrats finally became the party that progressives and socialists
    wanted in electing Barack Obama. It was unfeasible for him,
    at the time, to implement the political transformation
    he had hoped his administration would bring. (Yes, I voted for him twice,
    even as I feared the generational damage it might inflict.)

    Ironically, it was his politically more moderate vice president, Joe Biden,
    who would eventually accede to the Oval Office and take America
    in a direction that would make Bill Ayers,
    Pastor Jeremiah Wright and Reverend Louis Farrakhan proud.

    For me, the breaking point came with Joe Biden’s shameful CNN interview
    where he made clear that the United States would not support
    Israel’s incursion into Rafah to route
    the remaining Hamas terrorists responsible for 10/7.

    Let me get this straight: The United States devoted a decade to
    hunting down and assassinating Osama bin Laden,
    killing 250,000 Afghani and Iraqi civilians along the way.
    No condemning U.N. resolutions. No protests. No International
    Court of Justice proceedings. All throughout America’s War on Terror,
    Israel provided necessary intelligence and regional backup,
    and erected a 9/11 memorial —t he only one outside
    the United States listing the names of all victims.

    Yet, the Biden administration is withholding from Israel the necessary
    weaponry (already earmarked by Congress) with which to conduct
    its wholly justified military operations? Israel does not require Biden’s blessing.
    And the precision of the Rafah campaign will now be less precise.

    Curiously, the president repeatedly acknowledged that 10/7 was
    an unprovoked attack for which Israel has a moral and legal right of self-defense,
    and that Hamas presents an existential threat that must be eradicated.
    Biden’s “ironclad” commitment to Israel has already gone limp.
    Apparently, unlike the United States, Israel must be denied
    its moral obligation to bring justice to its people and security to its borders.
    It can defend against missiles, but not dismantle them at the source.

    Biden’s actions have given comfort to Hamas and its patron, Iran.
    Why should Hamas return hostages (some, Americans),
    if Biden is singularly focused on constraining Israeli military offenses?

    Moreover, Biden just gave a shout-out to those ignorant college students
    and their Jew-hating, anti-American professors. Sorry, “Genocide Joe,”
    asserting your mojo and cultivating a youthful
    antisemitic constituency won’t help you come November.

    For reasons only rabid progressives can explain, Palestinians,
    who are more like Hamas accomplices than true civilians,
    are more precious than the world’s other civilians.
    Is it because Jews aren’t permitted to win wars,
    especially against brown-skinned people?
    The Jewish state must always agree to ceasefires,
    perform humanitarian acts while fighting in self-defense, and sue for peace.

    This betrayal has little to do with moral equivocation
    and everything to do with local politics. Biden will, apparently,
    do or say anything to woo the 600,000 Muslim voters of Michigan,
    and stay within the good graces of that
    dreadful Detroit Motown act, Bernie Sanders and the Squad.

    Is it worth it, this backstabbing of Jewish-Americans, an important
    minority reliably loyal to the Democratic Party? Always true blue,
    as if the Party had nominated Moses as its standard bearer
    and Anne Frank as his running mate. The progressive perfidy
    is even more heartbreaking. Jews stood at the forefront of
    nearly every movement of social activism in the United States,
    from labor unions to civil liberties, feminism, civil rights, and gay rights.

    Apparently, the reward for all those years of solidarity has been exclusion and antisemitism.

    I am under no illusion that my departure from the Party will matter to anyone.
    After all, jettisoning Jewish white males is one of the objectives
    of its racial identity and rigid orthodoxy.
    Should moderates ever reclaim control from the Marxists and Islamists, give me a call.

    Is there anything else he needs to know?

    In the end, Joe Biden picked the Muslims of Michigan over moral clarity,
    a coherent foreign policy, and love of country. Yes, he’s increasingly addled.
    But he well knows that Jewish-Americans, or Jewish-Israelis,
    are highly unlikely to ever burn an American flag and shout, “Death to America!”

    SOURCE: article titled: “So Long, Democratic Party
    by Professor Thane Rosenbaum, 2024 May 12,
    The Los Angeles Jewish Journal, www (dot) JewishJournal (dot) com

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    Today THE WASHINGTON POST shocked Americans by NOT
    endorsing ANY presidential candidate. THE WASHINGTON POST
    is one of America’s most Liberal/Leftist newspapers,
    and was expected to endorse Kamala Harris for President.

    This is a big embarrassment for Kamala Harris.

    If I remember correctly, the same thing recently happened
    with THE LOS ANGELES TIMES and The Teamster’s Union,
    with similar results for Kamala Harris.

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    Caroline Glick said:

    Last month the revolutionaries and the administration
    converged before the cameras at meeting between
    Vice President Kamala Harris and students
    at George Mason University in Virginia.

    A female student with the voice of a child used her
    audience with Harris as an opportunity to promote
    the revolution’s vicious hatred of Jews, and of America.
    She sniffed emotionally under her mask and told
    America’s second highest elected official that her feelings
    were hurt when Congress passed a bill for supplemental
    funding to Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system.

    The move, she yowled,
    hurts my heart because it’s an ethnic genocide
    and a displacement of people,
    the same that happened in America,
    and I’m sure you’re aware of this
    .”

    [Kamala] Harris might have been expected to call
    the student out for promoting anti-Semitic and
    anti-American blood libels. But she didn’t.

    Instead, [Kamala] Harris empowered the young bigot.
    She said she was “glad” the student shared her views.

    This is about the fact that your voice, your perspective,
    your experience, your truth,
    should not be suppressed and it must be heard, right?
    And one of the things we’re fighting for in a democracy, right
    ?”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Revolution Has Come to America
    by Caroline Glick 10/08/2021, www (dot) Caroline Glick (dot) com,
    originally published in Israel HaYom

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    Kristine Parks of Fox News recently said this:

    “Michael Rapaport [a Jewish actor and comedian], a staunch critic
    of former President Trump, admitted he was previously
    ‘ill-informed’ about Trump’s record on Israel, the economy.”

    Liberal actor and comedian Michael Rapaport announced that
    he couldn’t vote for Vice President Harris in the November election
    and that the Democratic Party’s treatment of Israel
    had made him reconsider supporting former President Trump.

    “I’m now a one-issue voter: my money and Israel,” he told
    former ESPN broadcaster Sage Steele on the July 31
    “The Sage Steele Podcast.” “I’m not voting for Kamala Harris.
    I can’t do it,” he continued.
    “I can’t support a party that is about all this bulls—.”

    Rapaport has increasingly called out his own political party for its stance on Israel.
    In May, he announced President Biden had also lost his support
    in the upcoming election, and he was considering voting for Trump.

    The actor went even further on Steele’s podcast.

    “I was wrong,” he said about his past criticism of Trump.
    “I was first in line talking s— about Trump.”

    While Rapaport said he still finds Trump’s rhetoric and behavior
    unpresidential, he admitted he was previously “ill-informed”
    about Trump’s record on Israel, Iran and the economy.

    Rapaport stopped short of saying he was going to vote for
    the GOP candidate in the election but said the option was still on the table.”

    At the end of the day, I want my interest rates down…
    and Israel needs to be protected more than ever right now,”
    he said about his two voting priorities.

    Rapaport also called out progressives who protested
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
    last month when he gave an address to Congress.

    “While there’s eight American hostages in Gaza, they didn’t show up,
    proudly. Bernie and the burnouts, the Squad, all these race-hustling con artists,”
    he blasted. “They weaponize it to a point that it’s dangerous.”

    “I don’t care what you think of [Netanyahu],” he continued.
    “Israel is America’s biggest ally, while we’re under siege,
    not just from Hamas…but also proxies from Iran.
    This isn’t just about Israel.”

    Rapaport also slammed Hollywood and the sports world
    for not speaking out on October 7 and demanding the hostages
    be brought home calling the silence “embarrassing.”

    “We speak out about everything. It could be climate change,
    it could be women’s rights, it could be abortion rights,
    LGBTQ —we say stuff about everything,” he said.”

    The silence has been madly deafening,” he continued.

    Back in May, Rapaport said that a comedy show of his,
    set to take place in Madison, Wisconsin, was canceled
    due to threats of violence in the wake of his support for Israel.

    “I was extremely p—ed off,” Rapaport stated at the time.
    “I didn’t imagine, didn’t think that it would get to a point
    where my beliefs and me standing up for what I know is right,
    regarding Jews, regarding Israel, regarding being Jewish
    and just the right thing, would get to a point where a club
    would cancel my show because they are afraid of an incident happening.”

    The venue, Comedy on State, reportedly explained to ticket holders
    in an email that the show was canceled due to safety concerns
    stemming from “escalating protests” and the
    “contentious nature of the dialogue” surrounding the conflict in Gaza.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Media Comic Michael Rapaport says
    Harris lost his vote over Israel: ‘Can’t support party that is for this bulls—‘

    by Kristine Parks, Fox News, 2024 August 1

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    Dear Reb Eliezer:

    Assuming that what you say is true,
    what about the HUGE increase in anti-Semitic incidents
    during the administration of President Joe Biden
    and Vice President Kamala Harris?

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    UJM’s question about kiruv with Counterfeit Jews
    has been on my mind for more than 25 years.

    MY SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM:

    Every large kiruv organization (NSCY, Aish HaTorah, etc)
    should employ a team of highly-qualified genealogists,
    to investigate the ancestry of every Baal Teshuvah.

    This investigation by expert genealogists should be provided
    free-of-charge to every Baal Teshuvah, but the organization
    should hold those records permanently, for future reference.

    This investigation by genealogists should be done
    as soon as possible, even before the Baal Teshuvah
    is admitted to the kiruv programs.

    Some will be revealed to be Gentiles.
    Some will be revealed to be mamzerim.
    Some will be revealed to be chalalim.

    This makes kiruv more expensive, but it cannot be avoided.

    Last but not least, it would be praiseworthy if every Baal Teshuvah
    (and every Jew in general) would take a DNA test that proves
    that he [or she] really is the son [or [daughter] of his [or her] father.

    Without this DNA test, this person could be a mamzer and not know it,
    and unintentionally become the ancestor of thousands of mamzerim.

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    This short article is from Yehuda Dov for VINNews (dot) com:

    Demonstrating a major lack of journalistic integrity,
    CBS intentionally doctored a “60 minutes” interview with Kamala Harris,
    editing out her garbled and incomprehensible answer to a question
    about Israel with a completely different answer to the version that aired.
    The news outlet has come under strong criticism, with the Trump campaign
    demanding that CBS release the original transcript of the interview.

    When asked by host Bill Whitaker why it seemed like Israeli Prime Minister
    Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t listening to the United States
    regarding the war in Lebanon and his response
    to the Iran attack, [Kamala] Harris originally replied:

    Well Bill, the work that we have done has resulted
    in a number of movements in that region by Israel that
    were very much prompted by, or a result of, many things,
    including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region
    .”

    After the clip received backlash over Kamala’s rambling
    and unclear answer, CBS inserted a totally different sentence
    in the version that aired, a sentence said earlier in the interview:

    We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary
    for the United States to be clear about
    where we stand on the need for this war to end
    .”

    Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded,
    stating that “On Sunday, 60 Minutes teased Kamala’s
    highly-anticipated sit-down interview with one of her worst word salads to date,
    which received significant criticism on social media.
    During the full interview on Monday evening, the word salad
    was deceptively edited to lessen Kamala’s idiotic response.”

    “Why did 60 Minutes choose not to air Kamala’s
    full word salad, and what else did they choose not to air?” she asked.
    “The American people deserve the full, unedited transcript from
    Kamala’s sit-down interview. We call upon 60 Minutes and CBS to release it.”

    Other journalists and social media influencers called out
    60 Minutes for its behavior, with Geiger Capital stressing:

    Mixing and matching questions and answers.
    This isn’t journalism. It’s fraud
    .”

    Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Josh Hammer called the interview
    a “word-turd sandwich” and blasted [Kamala] Harris for purportedly
    standing with Israel but not with Netanyahu.

    Investor Bill Ackman questioned: “how could @60Minutes’ manipulation
    occur without the consent of @KamalaHarris? Let’s not forget she is
    the Vice President of the United States and she is being asked
    about our foreign policy in the Middle East and our relationship
    with the leader of our principal ally in the region.

    “Thinking about this more, the only plausible explanation is that
    the Vice President herself and/or her administration found that
    her original answer, which implied that Israel’s actions in
    the region were a direct result of the Biden/Harris policy,
    would harm her campaign and would therefore
    need to be expurgated from the public record.

    “In order to execute such a violation of journalistic ethics,
    I would expect that CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon and possibly
    Shari Redstone herself would have had to approve the manipulated video.

    This is a story worthy of investigative journalism from real journalists.
    Where are they? Where are the whistleblowers?
    Or are all of them so ideologically compromised that they are prepared
    to sacrifice the truth and their integrity in an effort to elect their favored candidate
    ?”

    SOURCE: article titled:
    SCANDALOUS: CBS Replaces Kamala’s
    Garbled Answer To Question With Different Answer

    by Yehuda Dov 2024 October 10 www (dot) VINNews (dot) com

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    The fraud committed by 60 Minutes is far from unique.

    Around 90% of news reporters and news editors more-or-less
    fit into one of these categories:
    Marxist, neo-Marxist, Communist, Socialist, Stalinist, Maoist,
    fans of Fidel Castro, fans of the Chinese Communist Party,
    far-Leftists, far-Leftist, and brainwashed extreme liberals.

    They will do ANYTHING to help destroy Democracy and The Constitution
    and The Bill of Rights, and replace those things with a one-party
    Socialist dictatorship that demands 100% compliance with all of its beliefs
    and relentlessly micromanages the lives of all Americans;
    a one-party Socialist dictatorship in which the Democratic Party
    is the ONLY tolerated party and Islam is the ONLY tolerated religion;
    a one-party Socialist dictatorship that imitates the Chinese Communist Party
    and North Korea and Cuba and the former USSR,
    which persecuted anyone who practiced any Jewish rituals.

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    This entire discussion should be DELETED.

    Thank you!

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    Elon Musk attacked Kamala Harris
    as an “extinctionist” in a particularly sharp X post.

    The billionaire was commenting on another post penned by
    Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH),
    in which he attacked Kamala Harris for saying that
    the threat of climate change has played a part in many people’s
    decisions to have kids — among a number of other major life decisions.

    “It’s almost like these people don’t want
    young people starting families or something.
    Really weird stuff,” Vance wrote.

    [Elon] Musk took Vance’s criticism to another level,
    arguing that [Kamala] Harris’ acknowledgement of so-called
    “climate anxiety” among young people meant
    she was advocating for the “de facto holocaust for all of humanity.”

    SOURCE: article titled:
    Elon Musk Calls Kamala Harris an ‘Extinctionist’ in X Post
    2024 July 29 www (dot) matzav (dot) com

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    This short article is from www (dot) matzav (dot) com:

    Wouldn’t change a thing…

    Vice President Kamala Harris raised eyebrows on Tuesday
    when she told the ladies of The View that she
    wouldn’t have done anything different than Joe Biden.

    Not the border. Not Afghanistan. Nothing.
    It’s been a perfect administration, according to Kamala.

    “We’re obviously two different people,” [Kamala] Harris said,
    answering a question from co-host Sunny Hostin about
    what the biggest “specific” difference would be between
    a potential [Kamala] Harris presidency and a [Joe] Biden presidency.
    “One of the issues I’m focused on is what we do with home healthcare.”

    “If anything, would you have done something differently than
    President Biden during the past four years?” Hostin followed up.

    Harris responded, “There is not a thing that comes to mind.”

    “I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact,” she added.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Kamala Harris Roasted After
    Saying There’s ‘Not A Thing’ She’d Change About Biden’s
    Record During Softball Sit-Down With ‘The View’

    2024 October 8

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    President Joe Biden gave many BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to IRAN.
    Not millions of dollars with an M, but billions of dollars with a B.
    1 million x 1,000 = 1 billion.
    And Kamala Harris says that she would NOT change that.

    Just a few days before the 2023 October 7 Hamas massacre in Israel,
    President Joe Biden gave many BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to IRAN.
    And Kamala Harris says that she would NOT change that.

    President Joe Biden accepted war statistics
    from Hamas as being 100% true and accurate.
    And Kamala Harris says that she would NOT change that.

    President Joe Biden screamed at the Prime Minister of Israel,
    and insulted him and cursed him.
    President Joe Biden never does that to Muslims;
    only Israel gets treated like that.
    And Kamala Harris says that she would NOT change that.

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    Mr. Daniel Greenfield said this:

    “The idea that terrorists attack because they hate freedom,
    however, is misguided,” Philip Gordon wrote in “Winning the Right War.”
    “Even most of the Muslims who support terrorism and trust
    Osama bin Laden favor elected government” and “personal liberty.”

    [Philip] Gordon, [ex-President] Obama’s future Middle East coordinator,
    explained in his book that Muslim terrorists weren’t “born evil”
    and did not “hate our freedoms”, but rather feel “shame” over
    the state of “a once great Islamic civilization”
    surpassed by other cultures including “the local upstart, Israel.”

    America was “creating conditions” that “generate” Islamic terrorism
    by detaining Al Qaeda terrorists, failing to punish American soldiers
    and “justifying any Israeli military action.” Gordon urged
    the White House to assure Iran that we have
    “no intention of using military force against Iran or fomenting internal dissent”
    because “Iran’s concerns about such issues are legitimate.”

    Published in 2007 by an imprint of The New York Times,
    [Philip] Gordon’s book was a blueprint of the policies the
    Obama administration would adopt,
    including blaming America and Israel,
    appeasing Iran and Islamists and making
    Muslims feel better about themselves.
    These are the building blocks of the policies that led us
    to October 7 [2023] and an Iranian war across the region.

    Today, [Philip] Gordon is Kamala’s national security adviser,
    and possible future secretary of state.

    [Philip] Gordon’s hostility toward Israel and sympathy for
    Islamic terrorists is a longstanding matter. Even before joining
    the Biden administration, he had co-written an article with
    Iran lobby figure Robert Malley, currently under FBI investigation
    for mishandling classified documents, urging Biden
    to reverse Trump’s possible recognition of Israel territory
    and to cut political and economic support for Israel to punish it
    for its diplomatic successes under the Trump administration.

    Recently, [Philip] Gordon urged Israel to stop seeking victory
    against Hamas and accept a hostage deal that would allow the
    Islamic terrorist group to hang on in Gaza and free thousands of terrorists.

    In his book, [Philip] Gordon claimed that
    “though Hamas refuses to recognize Israel today,
    it is not hard to imagine an eventual change in that position.”
    And in 2014, he argued that a reconciliation deal
    between the PLO and Hamas “isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”

    In 2016, Gordon, speaking on behalf of the Clinton campaign,
    appeared at a conference of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC),
    widely regarded as the Iran lobby, and promised that Hillary Clinton
    would veto new sanctions on Iran. He was described as assuring
    the Iran lobby of the “potential for collaboration with Iran.”
    The New York Times even appeared to list him as a “tour guide” on its Iran trips.

    And [Philip] Gordon is not the only terror booster on Kamala’s team.

    Ilan Goldenberg, a key member of the Kerry team who played
    vital roles in the Obama administration’s campaigns against Israel
    and for Iran, serves as her Middle East adviser,
    and would have a more prominent role in any administration.

    [Ilan] Goldenberg complained that the Trump administration had
    taken Israel’s side during the Hamas border riots that served as
    a prep for Oct. 7, objected that moving the embassy to Jerusalem
    had not been packaged with similar concessions to the terrorists
    and co-authored a paper with Hady Amr,
    who acts as Biden’s point man to the terrorists.

    The paper proposed that “the United States, UNSCO, and Egypt
    should work quietly in concert, engaging with Israel, the PA, Hamas”
    to secure a “long-term ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas,
    with Israel accepting that “Hamas would retain some of its military capabilities.”

    At one session Goldenberg urged, “You used to have 25,000,
    100,000 Gazans working inside Israel. That needs to happen again.
    The Israelis know who these guys are.
    They can start with a few thousand work permits.
    And there’s a lot of support for that in all of the Israeli communities around Gaza.”

    Prior to Oct. 7 [2023], Gazans flooded Israel, scouted those
    “Israeli communities around Gaza” and when Oct. 7 began,
    came back with maps of the communities so that they knew
    where the security teams were,
    which houses had dogs and where the children could be found.

    [Philip] Gordon and [Ilan] Goldenberg, who are set to play major roles
    in a Harris administration, have expressed no regrets or retractions
    of their past policies and positions. Even as the Middle East burns
    due to Iranian terrorism, all they have done is double down.

    In a co-written op-ed headlined, “Relax, Israel — if your ally
    is working with your enemy, it doesn’t make them friends
    .”
    Goldenberg envisioned that “In the aftermath of a successful nuclear deal,
    U.S. relations with Iran should shift from that of an adversary to that of a competitor.”

    His position on Israel was rather different, with op-eds like
    Why Israel’s Settlement Construction Must Be Stopped” and
    How Israel Brought U.N. Resolution on Itself With Irrational Settlement Push”.

    Under a Secretary of State Phil Gordon, the Abraham Accords
    and normalization with countries like Saudi Arabia, which one
    of his op-eds described as an “Arabian fantasy,” would be
    swept aside in a return of Obama’s non-stop
    pressure campaign on Israel to create a terrorist state.

    “How will it have peace if it is unwilling to delineate a border,
    end the occupation, and allow for Palestinian sovereignty, security, and dignity?”
    Gordon had said at a conference in Israel right after terror rockets began to fall.
    “It cannot maintain military control of another people indefinitely.
    Doing so is not only wrong but a recipe for resentment and recurring instability.”

    After the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens by Hamas,
    Gordon equated Israel and the terrorists, claimed that both sides
    suffered from “racism,” told “both sides to demonstrate reason and calm”
    and warned that “calls for retribution and revenge have no place on either side.”
    Finally he falsely contended that “neither side” was
    “ready to make the difficult decisions required for an agreement.”

    Goldenberg had similarly argued that “half the root causes are Israeli actions,
    in terms of — especially just focusing on Gaza, on the blockade.
    And the other half is Hamas’s choice to use violence and arm itself in response.”

    That false paradigm has been markedly present
    in Kamala’s attacks on Israel after Oct 7 [2023].

    Kamala’s relentless criticism of Israel’s self-defense is a preview of things to come.
    Behind her escalating rhetoric are a group of anti-Israel figures
    from the Obama administration. Goldenberg was one of
    the radicals brought in by the Warren campaign and
    then injected into the Biden administration.

    Gordon is a longtime State Department anti-Israel figure
    from a faction whose fingerprints are all over
    the policies that empowered Iran and set the region on fire.

    What would Kamala’s foreign policy look like?
    The presence of Gordon and Goldenberg as her close advisers
    on the region shows that it would be the Obama administration on steroids.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Kamala’s anti-Israel
    advisers helped bring on Oct. 7

    by Daniel Greenfield 2024 July 29 www (dot) JNS (dot) org

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    Some Jewish web sites, whose names I will not mention,
    to avoid Lashon HaRa, sell segulot or yeshuot or refuot,
    in exchange for donations or purchasing merchandise.

    Two quick examples:

    [1] Rabbi _______ sells “a rare blessing”
    “To be signed on Yom Kippur for a revealed miracle!”
    and “a year in which they will see a visible miracle!”

    If this “rare blessing” does not work,
    can the donor get his money back?

    [2] One organization sells “a silver knife with a personal inscription”
    as “a segulah for abundant parnassah”.

    If this segulah does not work,
    can the donor return the knife and get his money back?

    One final question: If these segulot are so powerful,
    then why do the people who sell them need donations?

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    matzav (dot) com recently said this:

    Senator Tom Cotton strongly criticized Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday,
    labeling her as both “naive” about Tehran and lenient toward Hamas.

    The Republican senator from Arkansas, speaking on “Fox News Sunday,”
    condemned the Democrat presidential candidate’s stance on Israel
    following the October 7 [2023] attack by Hamas, which resulted
    in the deaths of approximately 1,200 Israelis and the abduction
    of around 250 others to Gaza. Cotton argued that Harris’s actions
    reveal her lack of readiness to lead the nation as commander in chief.

    [Senator Tom] Cotton, who is a member of the Senate Intelligence,
    Armed Services, and Judiciary Committees, accused Harris of
    blindly accepting Hamas’ reports regarding the number of casualties in Gaza,
    despite these figures being provided by the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry,
    which does not differentiate between fighters and civilians.

    He stated that “Israel has to strike on occasion at places like hospitals and schools,
    because Hamas uses them for command and control or to fire mortars and rockets.
    There are civilian casualties in Gaza, no doubt,
    but those are solely the responsibility of Hamas, not Israel.”

    Despite acknowledging the complexity of the situation, [Senator Tom] Cotton
    criticized Harris and President Joe Biden for exerting more pressure on Israel
    than on Hamas from the onset of the conflict.

    He also reproached [Kamala] Harris for not fulfilling her constitutional role
    as president of the Senate by avoiding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
    recent address to Congress, which was attended by 128 Democrat members of Congress.

    “She refused to preside over the joint session, her only constitutional duty
    as president of the Senate, she refused to have a meeting in public with
    [Netanyahu, although she did meet with him in private],
    and she came out and again blamed Israel for the civilian casualties in Gaza,
    only emboldening Iran and Iranian-backed terrorists,”

    [Senator Tom] Cotton remarked. “And what did you have two days later?
    Hezbollah, another Iranian-backed terrorist [organization]
    shot rockets to Israel and blew up children playing ball at a playground.”

    Reiterating his criticism, Cotton declared that
    “Kamala Harris is naive, and she’s not prepared to be the commander in chief.”

    While acknowledging that [Kamala] Harris had affirmed Israel’s
    right to defend itself, Cotton argued that she undermined
    this position by immediately adding conditions. “

    And what comes after the ‘but’ with Kamala Harris is always implying
    that Israel is responsible for all the civilian suffering in Gaza,
    not Hamas, that Israel is the one being provocative when
    it’s waging a defensive war after the October 7 [2023] atrocity
    and that Israel is the one that should pull in its horns,
    as opposed to supporting Israel and standing strong against Iran
    and Iranian-backed terrorist throughout the region,” Cotton concluded.

    SOURCE: article titled: “Senator Cotton: Harris ‘Naive’ on Iran,
    Not Tough on Hamas
    ” 2024 August 12, www (dot) matzav (dot) com

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    Michael Goodwin of The New York Post said:

    The grumbling that Kamala Harris is avoiding reporters like the plague
    led to a headline on Fox News that demanded:
    “Liberal media minions need to do their jobs.”

    Ah, but they ARE doing their jobs. Their assignment, as they see it,
    is to stop Donald Trump from becoming president, and no effort is being spared.

    If they had another goal, they would be furious as [Kamala] Harris
    ignores them and their questions. But meekly accepting
    her cold shoulder is all part of a dishonest day’s work.

    They will do whatever it takes to elect her.

    All of which means Trump shouldn’t hold his breath waiting
    for [Kamala] Harris to be exposed during a tough round of interviews.

    He may be right, as he said Thursday, that “she can’t do a news conference.”
    He said that during a long question-and-answer session he held to draw a contrast with her.

    But he, too, misses the larger point: [Kamala] Harris could do an endless loop
    of interviews and press conferences and it probably wouldn’t matter.

    She will choose friendly outlets where Democrats with
    press passes will throw her big juicy softballs [easy questions].
    If she swings wildly and misses, they will declare it a home run [a great success].

    If she dishes up one of her zany word salads, she will
    be deemed a genius beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals.
    And her annoying cackle will be proclaimed endearing.

    FIXED ON THE PRIZE:

    America is experiencing a remarkable series of events,
    featuring the shooting of the Republican candidate
    by a would-be assassin and the pressured removal
    of the Democratic president from his re-election campaign,
    yet the media hasn’t blinked.

    They remain fixed on the prize of making certain
    Trump doesn’t get back to the Oval Office.

    The mission includes turning away from the attempt to assassinate him.
    You don’t have to be a historian to marvel at how little interest there is
    about the background and motivation of the 20-year-old shooter, Thomas Crooks.

    Nor is there much detail about an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
    that, we recently learned, had been broken up by the FBI
    just the day before the Pennsylvania shooting.

    Crooks reportedly had three foreign email accounts
    but we are assured by anonymous “official” sources
    speaking to leftist outlets there is no connection between the two plots.

    PBS, a reliable indicator of the radical mindset, put it this way:

    “US officials acknowledged last month that a threat on
    Donald Trump’s life from Iran prompted additional security
    in the days before a Pennsylvania rally in which
    Trump was injured by a gunman’s bullet.
    That July 13 shooting, carried out by a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man,
    was unrelated to the Iran threat . . . a law enforcement official said.”

    So there was “additional security” in Pennsylvania,
    but still Crooks was able to fire at Trump
    from an open rooftop just 130 yards away?

    This, of course, is the same Secret Service that dropped
    its probe into a bag of cocaine found at the Biden White House
    because it couldn’t find the perp in two weeks.
    The Keystone Kops were more diligent.

    If the assassination plots involved [President Joe] Biden or any Democrat,
    the media would treat them as earth-shattering stories.

    Every rumor, speculation and tidbit of information would be
    blasted out in breathtaking fashion about a national security crisis.

    UNFAIR PLAY:

    Republicans would be lashed with harsh denunciations
    about overheated political rhetoric and accused of sparking violence.

    But when Democrats and the media repeatedly declare Trump
    a threat to democracy and then he narrowly avoids death,
    and when a foreign power also assigns an agent to kill him,
    the page is quickly turned.

    There is no outrage toward Iran, nor does the media express
    any curiosity about why Iran wants to kill Trump but not Biden.

    The reason is obvious, but to spell it out
    would be to expose Biden’s appeasement policies.
    Recall that Trump droned Iran’s terror chief and put tough sanctions
    on the mullahs’ oil, while Biden lifted the sanctions and keeps trying
    to bribe Iran to rejoin the failed nuclear pact that Trump scuttled.

    Even after Iran loosed its terror proxies on Israel and the groups
    killed three American service members in Jordan,
    wounded others in Iraq and took Americans hostage in Israel,
    Biden pulls his punches and demands Israel do the same.

    Then came Friday’s reports that Iran is using fake news sites
    and other online activity to interfere in the fall election.

    Not until the third paragraph does the AP note that
    “US officials have previously hinted that Iran
    particularly opposes former President Donald Trump.”

    A more honest way to write the same story would be
    to say upfront that Iran wants to help elect [Kamala] Harris.

    That’s how it would be written, if Iran was trying to help elect Trump.

    Here’s another comparison: If JD Vance were accused of
    “stolen valor” by his former military comrades, would
    the media circle the wagons around him the way
    they are protecting Tim Walz against the same charges?
    The question answers itself.

    Sadly, even tragically, there is nothing new in the media jihad
    against Trump. It started in 2016 and hasn’t stopped.

    The big outlets tried to drag Hillary Clinton over the finish line,
    but couldn’t do it. So many newsrooms, so many tears.

    In 2020, they were happy to let Biden hide in his basement.
    They knew then he was in decline, but believed it better
    to have a decrepit Democrat in the White House than the evil Trump.

    During his tenure, Biden set a modern record for the fewest
    press conferences and interviews. It should have been treated as a scandal,
    but even as Biden ignored them, reporters ignored his cognitive decline.

    DIFFERENT STANDARDS:

    When the president scolded the press for mild criticism,
    they remained loyal to his re-election.

    He said publicly his son Hunter Biden did nothing wrong,
    and they didn’t bother to note that it was improper for a president
    to comment on a case pending before his Justice Department.

    He let it be known he wanted Trump prosecuted and thrown in jail,
    which should have been met with thunderous outrage, but instead, crickets.

    Actually, it wasn’t crickets. There was a very loud applause
    because that’s what the media wants, too.

    They stuck with Biden until it was clear he would lose,
    then flipped on a dime and led the charge to replace him.

    They didn’t know who Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and
    the megadonors would replace him with — and didn’t care.

    Any Democrat who increased the odds of beating Trump would do.

    To judge from reports about Harris’ “joyful” campaign,
    many in the media are giddy that she is generating
    so much enthusiasm and, according to polls, is now beating Trump.

    That makes it extra delusional for anyone, including him,
    to believe the press will jeopardize her chances
    by holding the two candidates to the same standards.

    If Trump is going to win, he’ll have to do it the way he did it in 2016:
    despite the media.

    SOURCE: article titled: “The liberal media will do anything
    to get Kamala Harris elected – which includes not questioning her

    by Michael Goodwin 2024 August 10 www (dot) NYPost (dot) com

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    This article is from www (dot) matzav (dot) com:

    Shortly after the October 7 [2023] attack, [Vice President Kamala] Harris
    expressed her support for pro-Hamas college students, stating,
    “I do understand their concerns and I will never attempt to stifle
    or silence young people from expressing their concerns.”

    When Israel announced plans to target Hamas in Rafah,
    [Vice President Kamala] Harris opposed the move,
    arguing on ABC that it was not feasible
    and citing her knowledge from studying maps.

    On October 17, when a protester accused the United States
    and Israel of committing “genocide,” [Kamala] Harris responded,
    “I appreciate you raising the subject and I appreciate your leadership.”

    As a senator, [Kamala] Harris also showed her ambivalence
    toward Israel by voting against federal anti-BDS legislation,
    which passed overwhelmingly in 2019.

    Political analysts suggest that a shift from [Joe] Biden to [Kamala] Harris
    could alienate Jewish Democrats, many of whom prioritize Israel.

    “Pro-Israel Democratic voters are going to hold their noses
    in many cases and vote for Trump. Because Trump may be bad,
    but no Israel is worse,” said Hank Sheinkopf, a veteran Democratic consultant.

    “The pro-Israel Democratic community is shrinking and it will
    shrink further with Kamala Harris because she’s been very clear
    about how she feels. She has limited respect for the most
    important ally America has in the Middle East and an ally
    that is now fighting a proxy war at great cost against
    America’s greatest enemy, which is Iran,” Sheinkopf added.

    SOURCE: article titled: “EXPOSED: Kamala Harris Has Long
    Line of Anti-Israel Statements Following Hamas’ Oct. 7 Terrorist Attacks

    2024 July 27 www (dot) matzav (dot) com

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    During Thursday’s episode of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,”
    Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz
    commented on Vice President Kamala Harris,
    a Democratic presidential candidate for 2024.

    He [Alan Dershowitz] stated that [Kamala] Harris
    “seemed to create a moral equivalence” and added,
    “she was trying to appeal both to her left-wing,
    anti-Israel people and to the pro-Israel people.
    You can’t do that by creating a false moral equivalence.”

    [Alan] Dershowitz said, “Let’s remember that people are trying
    to make a [false] moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel.
    Even the Vice President, Kamala Harris, in her statement,
    seemed to create a moral equivalence between the suffering
    of the Gazans and the people who were killed in Israel.

    The difference is this:

    The people who are suffering in Gaza are suffering as a result of Hamas.
    Hamas is using them as human shields.
    Hamas is the one who is taking their food away.
    Hamas is the one who is firing rockets from mosques and schools.

    So, there is no moral equivalence between Israel’s self-defense actions,
    which are trying to minimize civilian deaths,
    and Hamas’ attempts to increase civilian deaths.”

    SOURCE: article titled: “Dershowitz: Harris Trying to Appeal
    to ‘anti-Israel’ Crowd with ‘Moral Equivalence’ Between Hamas, Israel

    2024 July 26, www (dot) matzav (dot) com

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    Israel Kasnett wrote this in Jewish News Syndicate:

    Israel today finds itself standing increasingly alone as the world
    rejects its right to defend itself against genocidal enemies.

    And as the United States heads to elections in November,
    Israelis are worried that Vice President and Democratic
    presidential nominee Kamala Harris is demonstrating
    less support for Israel and more sympathy
    for Palestinians and their supporters.

    For instance, she [Kamala Harris] has consistently tried to tie Israel’s hands,
    calling for the Jewish state to end its war against Hamas, and refused
    to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress in July.

    According to Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute,
    an administration led by [Kamala] Harris
    “is likely to be the most hostile U.S. administration to Israel”
    since U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower’s first term in 1953.

    “Even if [Kamala] Harris is neutral on Israel, her progressive base
    is out for blood and, specifically, Israeli blood,” he told JNS.

    As the Biden administration appeases Iran, the Islamic regime attacks Israel
    directly and through proxies in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and Gaza.

    Every time Israel went to war against Hamas in Gaza, in 2008-09,
    2012, 2014 and 2021, the international community,
    including the Obama administration, forced Israel to stop fighting.

    After the horrific October 7 [2023] massacre, Israel now aims
    to destroy Hamas, and yet again, the international community,
    including the Biden administration, is trying to save Hamas.

    Likewise, when Hezbollah launched an unprovoked war against Israel
    in 2006, the international community forced a ceasefire after Israel attacked.

    Even before Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader and arch-terrorist
    Hassan Nasrallah on Friday, the international community,
    including the Biden administration,
    was working hard to achieve a ceasefire to save Hezbollah.

    Israel is never allowed to win.

    So when [Kamala] Harris was asked how she would broker a deal
    to end the war between Israel and Hamas, she said she would
    continue to work on a two-state solution “around the clock.”

    This is a major red flag. The Palestinians have made it clear
    numerous times since 1947 that they are NOT interested
    in a two-state solution and prefer to destroy Israel instead.

    What Harris means then is that she does not want Israel to achieve victory.

    Instead, she wants to give Palestinians a state as a prize for
    launching endless terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians
    for decades instead of pursuing the establishment
    of their own state through peaceful means…..

    SOURCE: article titled: “Harris admin would be ‘most hostile’
    to Israel since Eisenhower, expert says
    ” by Mr. Israel Kasnett
    2024 September 29, for Jewish News Syndicate www (dot) JNS (dot) org

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    This article is from www (dot) matzav (dot) com:

    Shortly after the October 7 [2023] attack, [Vice President Kamala] Harris
    expressed her support for pro-Hamas college students, stating,
    “I do understand their concerns and I will never attempt
    to stifle or silence young people from expressing their concerns.”

    When Israel announced plans to target Hamas in Rafah,
    [Vice President Kamala] Harris opposed the move,
    arguing on ABC that it was not feasible and
    citing her knowledge from studying maps.

    On October 17, when a protester accused the United States
    and Israel of committing “genocide,” [Kamala] Harris responded,
    “I appreciate you raising the subject and I appreciate your leadership.”

    As a senator, [Kamala] Harris also showed her ambivalence
    toward Israel by voting against federal anti-BDS legislation,
    which passed overwhelmingly in 2019.

    Political analysts suggest that a shift from [Joe] Biden to [Kamala] Harris
    could alienate Jewish Democrats, many of whom prioritize Israel.

    “Pro-Israel Democratic voters are going to hold their noses in many cases
    and vote for Trump. Because Trump may be bad, but no Israel is worse,”
    said Hank Sheinkopf, a veteran Democratic consultant.

    “The pro-Israel Democratic community is shrinking and it will shrink further
    with Kamala Harris because she’s been very clear about how she feels.

    She has limited respect for the most important ally America has
    in the Middle East and an ally that is now fighting a proxy war
    at great cost against America’s greatest enemy, which is Iran,”
    Sheinkopf added.

    SOURCE: article titled: “EXPOSED: Kamala Harris Has Long Line
    of Anti-Israel Statements Following Hamas’ Oct. 7 Terrorist Attacks

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