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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Pam Bondi issues threat to ICE staff leaking internal memos on where next raids are
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Attorney General Pam Bondi promised that her office will 'come after' whomever leaked a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo that revealed the location of the next major raids.

The leaker, who has not yet been revealed, made it known that agents are poised to carry out a 'large scale' action in Los Angeles before the end of this month.

Bondi, speaking from outside Super Bowl 59 at the New Orleans Superdome, made it clear that the attorney general's office will not tolerate this.

'If anyone leaks anything, people don't understand that jeopardizes the lives of our great men and women in law enforcement, and if you leaked it, we will find out who you are and we will come after you.

She added that the leakers will not get in the way of what Bondi describes as 'our mission' to carry out Donald Trump's mass deportation program.

'It's not going to stop the president's mission to make America safe again. If you don't follow the law, you will be prosecuted by the Department of Justice.'

Trump has ordered large-scale immigration operations across the country since he took office on January 20, but the incoming action will be the first to hit LA.

A federal law enforcement source said agents from the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration's Los Angeles field offices are being called in to assist.

'They needed more bodies,' the official, who spoke anonymously for fear of retaliation, told the LA Times.

The official added that the timeframe for the raids could change due to the 'chaotic' approach the new Trump administration has shown during its first few weeks.

They also anticipated pushback from some of the agencies involved in the Democrat-led city, which could also slow the plans.

'Just because certain information is being given doesn't mean it's the administration's plan, because they know some agents are going to be resistant,' the official said.

A former official also confirmed the same news about incoming ICE 'raids' to the LA Times.

Posted by: Skidmark || 02/10/2025 09:32 || Comments || Link || [11128 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


#2 

NOTE TO ICE STAFF
Such illegal activities that were overlooked by Obama and Biden DOJ, are again being treated as FELONIES.

Good for 3 to 5 maybe even at Gitmo, no less.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/10/2025 15:49 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
DHS Secretary Noem appears to accuse 'corrupt' FBI of leaking LA ICE raids
[FoxNews]
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/10/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats




Elon Musk ''halts $400 million in Gaza-bound U.S. aid''
[NEWARAB] The United States has suspended the transfer of $400 million designated for humanitarian and food aid in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip, according to a senior U.S. official who spoke exclusively to our Arabic edition al-Araby al-Jadeed on condition of anonymity.

The aid was scheduled to be sent Monday through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
the shutdown the agency's accounts and the blocking of agency employees from accessing their accounts worldwide led to the suspension of the transfer.

According to a memo reviewed by al-Araby al-Jadeed, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration...
approved the continuation of certain foreign development aid on January 29, following a swift review. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
the decision did not explicitly state that the aid was designated for Gaza. Instead, it specified that the funds were intended for "life-saving humanitarian assistance, including access to essential medicines, medical services, food, shelter, and livelihood support, as well as reasonable administrative costs and supplies." The source clarified that the exemption signed by the Secretary of State was specifically intended to facilitate the delivery of food and medical aid to both Gaza and Darfur.

The approval was issued on January 29, and USAID employees immediately began processing the transfer of funds to Gaza
I bet they did....
The money was set to be sent on Monday, February 3, following the completion of necessary approvals and administrative procedures. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
the closure of USAID employees' email accounts by the Department of Government Efficiency halted the transfer, preventing funds from reaching medical institutions and humanitarian organizations responsible for providing food and medicine to Gaza's residents.
Posted by: Fred || 02/10/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  😂
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/10/2025 0:12 Comments || Top||

#2  For 3 generations "international community" was providing for "Palestinians" so they don't have to worry about making a living and could concentrate on fighting the Jews.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/10/2025 2:33 Comments || Top||

#3  designated for humanitarian and food aid in the Gazoo

Now that's funny right there. What was it really used for, hmmm?
Posted by: alanc || 02/10/2025 9:08 Comments || Top||

#4  If they want food aid, they should work on growing more food. If they want humanitarian aid, they should work on being actual humans instead of shit throwing rage monkeys.
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/10/2025 11:43 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ Those greenhouses the Juice left behind would be pretty useful about now, hmmm?
Posted by: Frank G || 02/10/2025 11:52 Comments || Top||

#6  Meanwhile the Hurricane Survivors in North Carolinians were sleeping in tents.
Posted by: mossomo || 02/10/2025 12:35 Comments || Top||

#7  Ref #6: While USAID sends USD overseas to people who very likely have no use for us, NC people still have no shelter.

* Greg Gutfeld "I hate these people" graphic here please.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/10/2025 13:44 Comments || Top||

#8  Right Frank?
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/10/2025 15:38 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
NY Times downplays Israeli post-Oct. 7 losses, Hamas role in war, data study says
[IsraelTimes] Research by Yale professor says newspaper minimizes Palestinian violence following Hamas attack on Israel, leaving readers with ‘distorted’ view of the conflict
If I recall correctly, the New York Times received something like $50 million from USAID alone since 2021. Is there a connection?
New York Times

...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

coverage of the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
war downplayed Israeli losses incurred after the October 7, 2023, Hamas
..always the voice of sweet reason...
invasion of Israel and minimized the role of Paleostinian violence in perpetuating the conflict, according to a Yale professor’s analysis.

Edieal Pinker, a professor and deputy dean at the Yale School of Management, analyzed 1,561 New York Times articles about the war published between October 7, 2023, and June 7, 2024, for the study released last month.

The coverage fit into a "specific narrative," the study said. That narrative said that Hamas carried out a "brutal assault" on Israelis, mostly civilians, but that after that attack, Israel was the "sole aggressor" and bore few costs from the war, aside from declining international support.

The coverage following the Hamas attack instead focused on Paleostinian suffering, portraying Paleostinians as "passive victims whose suffering grows daily." There was extensive coverage of Israeli violence, but less mention of Israeli hostages, Hamas casualties, Paleostinian violence, Israeli casualties after the Hamas attack and Israeli suffering that was not directly tied to October 7.

"Little mention is made of Israeli casualties post-October 7 or of Paleostinian acts of violence post-October 7, even as Israel and Hamas were locked in intensive combat over the eight months of the study period," the study said.

The study was published last month in SSRN, a platform for working research papers that have not yet been peer-reviewed. The study was not sponsored by Yale. Pinker has a background in data analysis and has previously studied demographics in US Jewish communities.

The New York Times is regularly criticized by both Israel’s supporters, and its detractors, for its coverage of the conflict, including before the start of the latest war.
More at the link.

Posted by: trailing wife || 02/10/2025 2025-02-10 02:32 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Iranian threat on Trump's life was more serious than publicly known, book excerpt reveals
[Jpost] Last year, security officials warned Trump that Tehran had access to surface-to-air missiles, and they were worried Iran would try to crash his private jet.

US authorities were more concerned about an Iran attack on President Donald Trump’s life than what was publicly disclosed, Axios reported, citing an excerpt from the book Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power by Alex Isenstadt on Sunday.

According to Isenstadt, during Trump’s presidential campaign in 2024, officials warned the current president that Tehran had placed operatives in the US with access to surface-to-air missiles, and they were worried Iran would try to crash his private plane.

Isenstadt continued, stating that these concerns over Iran intensified following the second assassination attempt on Trump’s life after multiple shots were fired near his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September.

Trump’s security team grew increasingly worried about his safety, leading them to use a decoy plane to reach an event with current Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. Isenstadt mentioned that this plane swap plan was kept under wraps so that most of the staff wouldn’t be aware until after take-off.

"The boss ain't riding with us today," White House Chief of Staff Chris LaCivita told the group, according to Isenstadt. "We had to put him into another plane. This is nothing but a sort of test for how things may happen in the future."

Additionally, Isenstadt wrote in Axios that Trump’s campaign had to face multiple other threats, including a tip that someone might try to shoot up his vehicle after a Long Island rally in September.

Furthermore, during Trump’s visit to Pennsylvania the next week, his security detail shot down a drone that was seen following his car.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/10/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Camp Pendleton identifies CA Marine killed in Philippines plane crash
[10News] He had a name. Sgt. Jacob Durham
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Marine officials at Camp Pendleton today identified Sgt. Jacob M. Durham as a U.S. Marine involved in a fatal aircraft incident on Feb. 6, in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao del Sur.

Sgt. Durham, a California native, joined the Marine Corps in 2021. He trained as an Electronic Intelligence/Electromagnetic Warfare Analyst with the 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group. He was recently promoted to his current rank on Feb. 1.

Camp Pendleton said Sgt. Durham received multiple awards and decorations for his accomplishments. This includes the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, a Meritorious Mast and Naval Aircrew Insignia.

"We mourn the loss of , who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country," 1st Radio Battalion Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Mabel B. Annunziata said. "Sgt. Durham embodied the highest traditions of the Marine Corps—exemplifying composure, intelligence, and selfless leadership. He was deeply respected and loved by his fellow Marines. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and his fellow Marines during this profoundly difficult time."

Authorities say Sgt. Durham was participating in a routine surveillance mission in support of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation activities. The aircraft used is intended to provide intelligence information, surveillance intel and reconnaissance support for Phillippine allies.

The cause of the incident is currently under investigation.
Posted by: Frank G || 02/10/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11128 views] Top|| File under:


International-UN-NGOs
Panic: Egypt Plans Emergency Arab Summit to Oppose Trump's Gaza Takeover Plan
[Breitbart] Fine, then you own/maintain it
The Foreign Ministry of Egypt announced on Sunday it would convene an emergency meeting of the Arab League on February 27 in light of President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions the United States would take over and rehabilitate the Gaza Strip.

Trump has told reporters on multiple occasions in the past month that he does not believe that Palestinian civilians should be forced to live in Gaza in its current state. Gaza has been controlled by the jihadist terror organization Hamas since 2007 and has been in a formal state of war with Israel since October 8, 2023 – the day after Hamas terrorists killed, abducted, tortured, and raped hundreds of civilians in an invasion of Israel. To neutralize Hamas’s ability to repeat its gruesome terrorism, Israeli armed forces have targeted and dismantled much of Hamas’s terrorist infrastructure in Gaza, often hidden in schools, hospitals, and other civilian areas.

In late January, Trump described Gaza as a “literally a demolition site” and expressed home that some neighboring Arab states would take it over from Hamas and help “clean out that whole thing.”

Last week, Trump told reporters that America would “take over the Gaza Strip” and “do a job with it” in the absence of any interest from Egypt, Jordan, or other neighboring Muslim countries to help its inhabitants.
“We’ll love it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous bombs and other weapons on the site,” he claimed, “and get rid of the destroyed buildings [and] create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing.”

Trump also suggested the new Gaza would be an “international” vacation destination.

Egypt, which shares a border with Gaza, has been especially reluctant to take in any Palestinian refugees throughout the war, claiming that allowing civilians to escape the destitute and war-torn area was akin to ethnic cleansing. Cairo reportedly explained in its announcement of the emergency Arab League meeting that the intent of the event would be to essentially prevent America from taking on a dominant role in rebuilding Gaza.

The National, a paper of record in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reported citing anonymous sources that the Arab League would use the meeting “to produce a unified Arab stances against Mr. Trump’s proposals, with the hope of dissuading the US president.”

It is unclear which neighboring countries would participate in the summit, though most are expected to attend. Of note is a report from the regional newspaper Al Araby Al Jadeed indicating that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of the jihadist terror organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is expected to attend.

Preceding the announcement of the meeting, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry revealed in a public statement that Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty had spent much of Saturday on the phone with other Arab diplomats discussing the Muslim world’s rejection of Trump’s plan. The Foreign Ministry listed Abdelatty’s contacts as including his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, and Sudan. Bahrain, as the current Arab chair, is likely to be a prominent attendee at the emergency meeting.

Egypt, the Foreign Ministry statement on Saturday reiterated, “rejects any measures aimed at displacing the Palestinian people from their land or encouraging their relocation to other countries outside the Palestinian territories.”

“This stance stems from the belief that such notions and ideas represent a blatant violation of international law, an infringement on Palestinian rights,” it continued, “and a threat to security and stability in the region, thereby undermining the chances for peace and coexistence among its peoples.”

Notably, the Foreign Ministry said Abdelatty’s conversations including talks on how Egypt could help with “early recovery projects, debris removal, and reconstruction” – the tasks that Trump listed as essential to making Gaza once again inhabitable.

In another sign that Egypt may be considering taking on some responsibilities in rebuilding Gaza, Saudi news outlet Al-Hadath reported on Sunday that Egyptian officials contacted Washington to inform it that it is working on “a vision of its own for rebuilding Gaza without displacing the Palestinians,” Israel’s i24 News reported. The Saudi report did not specify any provisions within that alleged vision.

Abdelatty departed for Washington on Sunday.

“The visit takes place in the framework of bolstering bilateral relations and the strategic partnership binding Egypt and the United States and to consult on regional developments,” the Egyptian government said of the top diplomat’s visit before he left.

Egyptian strongman leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi himself is expected to travel to the White House himself sometime before the end of February, according to various reports, but neither government has confirmed such a visit at press time.

If Egypt proposes taking on a prominent role in rebuilding Gaza, it may be what Trump’s remarks initially intended to inspire. During a visit to the Dominican Republic last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated that Trump was frustrated with the lack of initiative by regional actors, prompting his plan to “take over” Gaza.

“That place right now,” Rubio said of Gaza, “is not habitable, not just because of destruction due to the conflict and the fact that the Hamas cowards hide underground, but also because there are unexploded munitions; there are all kinds of weapons, including Hamas weapons, in the location.”

“I think President Trump has offered to go in and be a part of that solution, and if some other country is willing to step forward and do it themselves, then that would be great,” he explained. “But no one seems to be rushing forward to do that, and that has to happen. That’s the reality.”

“There are a lot of countries in the world that like to express concern about Gaza and about the Palestinian people but very few were willing in the past to do anything concrete about it,” he concluded, “And so I think President Trump is trying to stir that and hopefully get a reaction from some countries who do have both the economic and technological capacity to contribute to a post-conflict region.”
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/10/2025 09:47 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Nearly One-Third of Gazans Wanted to Leave — Before the War
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/10/2025 9:52 Comments || Top||

#3  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi - you can deal with Trump, or you can deal with Lieberman
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/10/2025 14:49 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinians return to eastern part of Netzarim as IDF leaves the entire central Gaza corridor
[IsraelTimes] Sources in the Strip confirm troops fully pull out of key buffer zone, though military does not immediately comment

Israeli forces withdrew from the entire Netzarim Corridor in the central Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip overnight Saturday-Sunday, in accordance with the ceasefire-hostage deal with the Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
terror organization, sources in the enclave confirmed.

After the forces pulled out of the axis, which bisects the Strip south of Gaza City, Paleostinians were seen returning to the areas that had been controlled by the Israel Defense Forces since the early days of the ground invasion of the enclave.

The IDF did not immediately comment on the withdrawal.

According to the outline of the agreement, on day 21 of the ceasefire, Israel was required to withdraw from the entire corridor and only maintain a presence in a buffer zone of up to around one kilometer along Gaza’s border with Israel.

Israeli forces are still deployed to the Philadelphi Corridor, the Egypt-Gaza border area. Under the deal, on day 50 of the ceasefire, Israel will need to complete its withdrawal from Philadelphi.

An official from Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry told AFP that "Israeli forces have dismantled their positions and military posts and completely withdrawn their tanks from the Netzarim Corridor on Salah a-Din Road, allowing vehicles to pass freely in both directions."

An AFP journalist at the scene reported there were no Israeli troops present on the entire corridor.

Asked about Sunday’s withdrawal, an Israeli security official who requested anonymity told AFP: "We are preparing to implement the ceasefire agreement according to the guidelines of the political echelon."

AFP journalists reported cars, buses, pickup trucks and even donkey carts were seen traveling on Salah a-Din road from both the north and south.

Israeli forces withdrew from their positions in the western portion of the Netzarim Corridor nearly two weeks ago, as Israel allowed displaced Gazooks to return to the Strip’s north on foot via the coastal road and by vehicles on the Salah a-Din road; however, movement from north to south was restricted.

With Sunday’s withdrawal, those in the north can now also cross the corridor heading south by vehicle.

When the western Netzarim corridor was first reopened to foot and car traffic in January, the UN’s humanitarian body OCHA said that over 370,000 displaced Paleostinians returned to northern Gaza in the first two days after the IDF’s withdrawal.

The war erupted on October 7, 2023, when Hamas led thousands of Death Eaters in an invasion of southern Israel in which 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were massacred. Terrorists also kidnapped 251 people of all ages as hostages to Gaza.

Israel responded with a military campaign to destroy Hamas and rescue the hostages. The fighting was more intense in northern Gaza than anywhere else in the enclave and civilians there were repeatedly ordered to evacuate combat areas by leaving for the south, where the IDF set up a humanitarian zone.

At the start of Israel’s ground offensive against Hamas in late October 2023, the Netzarim Corridor was just tracks left by IDF vehicles, but over the following months, the military established a four-mile road running east-west along the corridor, as part of efforts to block Paleostinians seeking to return to northern Gaza after fleeing south.

The road along the corridor was eventually paved and the surrounding area turned into a buffer zone to secure the thoroughfare from Hamas attacks.

As time went on, the IDF expanded the buffer zone, from just a few dozen meters on each side of the road to encompassing around 47 square kilometers (18 square miles) of land, or around 13 percent of the Strip’s total territory.

Hundreds of buildings were destroyed in the process, wiping out Paleostinian villages in the area. The IDF has argued that it was necessary to demolish the buildings to adequately secure the corridor, as Hamas was using the structures to launch attacks on troops.

In the buffer zone, the IDF established more than a dozen small military outposts and at least four forward operating bases, building infrastructure such as water lines and internet towers. Still, IDF officials insisted that all the infrastructure in the corridor was temporary and could be removed at short notice.

In accordance with the ceasefire agreement, the IDF was to withdraw from all its positions in the corridor, allowing free movement of Paleostinians to northern Gaza — one of Hamas’s key demands during hostage deal negotiations.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/10/2025 2025-02-10 02:34 || Comments || Link || [11150 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1 
An Trump's Negotiation tactics work again.

Deal from a position of Power, not from a position of a desperate customer BUYING what you want, or buying what you want done.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/10/2025 15:44 Comments || Top||


Trump: Patience with Hamas running out, freed hostages ‘looked like Holocaust survivors’
[IsraelTimes] US president says emaciated captives freed on Saturday ‘look like they’ve aged 25 years’ and ‘have been treated brutally,’ adding: ‘I don’t know how much longer we can take that’

US President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
said Sunday that the three Israeli hostages who were released by Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
a day earlier looking gaunt and frail resembled Jews under Nazi Germany, warning that "at some point, we’re gonna lose our patience."

Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami "looked like Holocaust survivors," Trump told news hounds aboard Air Force One on his way to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl. "They were in horrible condition, they were emaciated... and I don’t know how much longer we can take that."

He went on to say the trio "look like they haven’t had a meal in a month," and that they are "people that were healthy people a reasonably short number of years ago, and you look at them today, they look like they’ve aged 25 years, they literally look like the old pictures of Holocaust survivors, the same thing. No reason for that."

Trump noted that according to the current ceasefire and hostage deal, captives are supposed to "keep drippling in," but added: "They are in really bad shape, they have been treated brutally, horribly. Even the ones that came out earlier, they were in a little bit better shape, but mentally they were treated so badly. Who could take that?

"You know, at some point, we’re gonna lose our patience."

The comments came amid fresh uncertainty over whether the ceasefire deal will be seen through until all remaining 76 hostages are freed, and days after the US president called for the removal of Paleostinians from the enclave and for the US to take control of it.

Trump also told news hounds he remained committed to having the US buy and take ownership of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
after Paleostinians leave or are removed from the enclave, a surprise announcement he made February 4 during Netanyahu’s recent visit to Washington. He said other countries may take part in rebuilding sections of Gaza.

"As far as us rebuilding it, we may give it to other states in the Middle East to build sections of it, other people may do it, through our auspices. But we’re committed to owning it, taking it, and making sure that Hamas doesn’t move back."

More about America taking over Gaza can be read here.

Pleading for his release, mother says hostage Alon Ohel is wounded, chained in Hamas tunnels
Family of Ohel — who turns 24 on Monday — reports first sign of life since he was taken captive, after testimony from newly freed hostages who were held with him in dire conditions

In a heart-wrenching television interview on Sunday, Idit Ohel, the mother of hostage Alon Ohel, pleaded desperately for his release “tomorrow,” saying she had just been told that he is being held starving in chains in a Hamas tunnel and has multiple untreated injuries.

She urged the whole nation, and the entire world, to insist upon and enable his release and to come out and demonstrate on Monday as he marks his 24th birthday, his second in Hamas captivity.

Idit Ohel told Channel 12 that released hostages Eli Sharabi and Or Levy were held with her son for the duration of their captivity. Their return from Gaza on Saturday was the first time that Ohel’s family received confirmation that he is still alive since he was abducted 492 days ago from the Nova music festival.

“He has shrapnel in his eye, he has shrapnel in his shoulder, he has shrapnel in his arm. Alon was bound in chains, this entire time, and he had almost no food — at most one pita a day, over a very, very, very long time, more than a year,” an anguished Idit Ohel told Channel 12.

“And not just him — everyone who was with him: Or Levy and Eli Sharabi,” she said, naming two hostages who were released on Saturday, visibly emaciated.

She said that “everything you can see that Eli and Or went through, Alon is now experiencing.” She also said that, according to what she’s heard, her son has not received treatment for his injuries, and can only see shadows out of his wounded eye.

Hamas terrorists abducted Ohel — a then-22-year-old pianist with plans to study jazz in Tel Aviv — alongside Or Levy and Eliya Cohen, whom Hamas is still holding captive in Gaza. Also abducted from the same bomb shelter was Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was murdered in Hamas captivity in August 2024.

Reports: Newly freed hostages were abused, now suffer malnutrition, heart disorders
[IsraelTimes] Outlets cite families of Or Levy, Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami as saying they were held in Gaza tunnels; health officials: Conditions worse than previous returned captives.
Much more at the link, explaining President Trump’s position.
Update from the Times of Israel at 10:30 a.m. ET:
Bound, gagged and starved: released hostages report severe mistreatment by captors. Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi returned emaciated, were reportedly hung by their feet and burned; still in Gaza, Eliya Cohen and Alon Ohel said untreated for Oct. 7 wounds.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/10/2025 2025-02-10 01:31 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Olde Tyme Religion
Vatican official rips Trump for 'breaking commitments' with USAID cuts, says migrant are being 'terrorized' amid crackdown
[MAIL] A Vatican official has slammed Donald Trump for 'breaking commitments' with his cuts to USAID and and warned people are being 'terrorized' amid his crackdown on migrants.

Pope Francis' adviser on migration and development Cardinal Michael Czerny has urged the president to remember his Christian values.

'A crackdown is a terrible way to administer affairs and much less to administer justice,' said Czerny, whose own family immigrated to Canada from the Czech Republic as refugees after World War II.

'And so I'm very sorry that many people are being hurt and indeed terrorized by the measures.

'All we can hope for is that the people, God's people and the people of goodwill, will help and protect those vulnerable people who are suddenly made much more vulnerable.'
How much is the Catholic church losing due to the stop of USAID and other Uncle Sugar paymasters?
Czerny heads the church's Caritas Internationalis charity and development which is among the organizations affected by Trump's decision to axe foreign aid spending.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/10/2025 01:06 || Comments || Link || [11139 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1 

Ok, I'll ask.
How much did the VATICAN get, in 1 way or another via USAID?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/10/2025 5:17 Comments || Top||

#2  USAID has had huge commitments with Catholic Relief Services.
Posted by: Glusomp Spealet4328 || 02/10/2025 5:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Layoffs have already begun as CRS has been forced to begin shutting down programs funded by USAID, which supplies about half of the Catholic organization's $1.5 billion budget, said CRS president and CEO Sean Callahan in a staffwide email sent Feb. 3.
Posted by: Glusomp Spealet4328 || 02/10/2025 6:02 Comments || Top||

#4 
OBTW:
Top NGO's USAID Recipients
(fiscal Years 2013-2022)

The CRS was #1.
Posted by: Cheager Snert7014 || 02/10/2025 6:35 Comments || Top||

#5  Another farking Jesuit.
Posted by: Wheck Peacock1927 || 02/10/2025 9:32 Comments || Top||

#6  Ok, fuck you and we'll dump them in Vatican city. Try to do something about it you stupid fuck.
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/10/2025 9:36 Comments || Top||


#8  Part of the problem is that people are trying to scare everybody: "ICE is going to deport anyone with a Hispanic surname", "ICE is going to go into schools and carry out kids", "Kids are going to go home from school and find their parents gone", etc.
At this point, most of those arrested and deported are those who have committed other crimes - rape, robbery, murder.
Posted by: Rambler || 02/10/2025 10:35 Comments || Top||

#9  I like LOVE comment #6. That would be a hilarious solution.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 02/10/2025 11:41 Comments || Top||

#10  I am confused. How is an organization completely funded by taxpayers and run under the conditions of government agencies, a Non Governmental Organization?
Posted by: Regular joe || 02/10/2025 14:28 Comments || Top||

#11  #10 "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength," - 1984
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/10/2025 14:44 Comments || Top||

#12  ... "And if you don't understand this - that proves that you are not as smart as we (the intellectual elites) are!"
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 02/10/2025 14:45 Comments || Top||

#13 

ACA JOE again
Posted by: Doliamo || 02/10/2025 16:34 Comments || Top||

#14  He wants to be the first pope to get drone zapped when he declares war on America.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 02/10/2025 19:54 Comments || Top||

#15  Thus poopeth the Poop.
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/10/2025 20:03 Comments || Top||

#16  Another farking Jesuit.

It's not the Jesuit I mind so much as the Commie.
Man, I'm so old I remember when the Pope used to be a moral authority.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/10/2025 20:10 Comments || Top||



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