[IsraelTimes] US senator, who has been one of the most vocal pro-Israel Democrats since October 7, takes off red stole to protest Harvard’s ‘inability to stand up for the Jewish community’
Senator Fetterman went to Harvard?!
US Senator John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat who has emerged as an unlikely champion for Israel since October 7, disavowed his alma mater, Harvard University, while receiving an award at Yeshiva University’s commencement ceremony.
Fetterman and YU leaders used Wednesday’s event, held at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, to portray the flagship Modern Orthodox university as a counterpoint to college campuses across the United States (including Harvard’s) that have had pro-Paleostinian encampments against Israel and whose graduation ceremonies have been marked by disruptive protests.
[GEO.TV] A "high-level" source said there is "no truth" in Israeli media reports about the existence of tunnels on the Egyptian borders with 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 an 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... , the Egyptian state-affiliated al-Qahera News TV said on Wednesday.
The channel also quoted the source as saying there "are continued Israeli attempts to export lies around the on-ground situation of its forces in Rafah" in southern Gaza.
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[GEO.TV] Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Israel, a diplomatic source told AFP Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions between the two countries over Israel’s war in Gaza.
The nearly eight-month-old conflict has soured Israel’s diplomatic ties with several nations, including Brazil, whose President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in February accused the country’s government of genocide.
Israel reacted furiously!!!, declaring the Brazilian leader persona non grata.
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[Regnum] The Holy Scriptures in Islam do not require women to cover their faces. Wearing niqabs is a new tradition in Russia, the mufti of the Volgograd region, Bata Kifah Mohammad, told the online publication Volgograd News.RU.
“The niqab is not obligatory in Islam. Women must wear a hijab, which means covering their heads but leaving their faces uncovered. I personally oppose wearing the niqab,” he said. Check his closet.
Technically it’s his wife’s, though she never even opens the door… (sorry)
The Mufti emphasized that even during the pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca and walking around the main Muslim temple of the Kaaba, women are not required to cover their faces. It is usually hidden by supporters of radical views. Considering that Russia is conducting a military special operation in Ukraine, security issues should come first, the cleric added.
At the same time, the mufti is not sure that it is necessary to legally prohibit the wearing of niqabs. But if such a ban is introduced, it will affect only a few, he emphasized.
On May 21, the head of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia, Valery Fadeev, proposed banning the wearing of the niqab in the country. He called this a forced measure aimed at reducing the risks of extremism, and noted that he wanted to discuss this with representatives of traditional Islam and regional authorities.
Author of the Islam portal. news Aidar Bariev said on May 26 that wearing a niqab has nothing to do with Islam and Sharia law does not establish this norm. He explained that this custom is accepted in southern countries, and it is not connected with religious beliefs, but with the fact that residents have to shield themselves from the fine desert sand.
[GEO.TV] Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has drawn the urgent attention of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) chief secretary regarding the destruction of schools by gunnies in newly merged districts and demanded prompt action against the menace of terrorism.
In a letter written to the KP chief secretary, the federal secretary of the education ministry has expressed grave concern over the recent incidents of destruction of schools in the newly-merged districts of the province.
"It is particularly disheartening to note that these heinous acts of terrorism are disproportionately targeting institutions dedicated to girls'' education," the letter said.
The federal government, it said, is deeply alarmed by these developments, which not only endanger the lives of "our children but also threaten the progress we have made in promoting education and gender equality in these regions, it said, adding that the education of girls is a cornerstone of our national development strategy, and any attack on this front is an attack on the future of our nation".
"I want to reassure you that the federal government stands in solidarity with the provincial administration of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa during this challenging time."
"We are fully committed to supporting all necessary measures to ensure the security of educational institutions and to swiftly rebuild the schools that have been destroyed."
"It is imperative that we work together to counter this menace of extremism and restore a sense of safety and normality for our students and educators," the letter added.
To this end, the letter said: "I propose the establishment of a joint task force comprising federal and provincial representatives to develop a comprehensive plan for the reconstruction of damaged schools and the enhancement of security measures across the region."
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[Jpost] If an election were held today, Benny Gantz's National Unity Party would still win the most seats. Still, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party is closing the gap, according to a new Channel 12 poll published Wednesday night.
The poll also claimed that, for the first time since the war with Hamas began, Netanyahu has surpassed Gantz as being seen as better suited for the prime ministerial role.
The poll surveyed 503 participants aged 18 or older. I wonder why?
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Bibi is 74 years old, will be 75 by late Oct.
He has a pacemaker. He underwent hernia surgery in the past year or so.
Gantz is 65.
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(Johnny Carson) "I did not know that"
Do you know that Netanyahu's real name is Mileikowsky?
Every israeli prime minister changed their name to sound more Jewish or middle eastern.
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crow
not quite true
it was Netanyahu's father who changed his name some two decades befor Bibi was born
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#1 (a) Bibi is younger than (your) Trump. He's also very effective in maintaining good relations with USA*.
(b) Gantz is a natural born #2. Give him goals and he can competently implement them. But he can't formulate good goals. But, most important of all - he went to USA to kiss the ring of the Great White Father in Washington.
(c) I hope that the PM after Bibi will be Naftali Bennet.
Personally, I plan to vote for Ben Gvir - cause the world respects crazy people.
*He's not a populist, but he's popular with your Congress - the ability to present shared interest in appropriate terms.
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Traditionally, Jews don't have surnames. It was always Isaac son of Joseph, or some such. When European governments insisted their subjects acquire surnames for purposes of internal security, Jews picked something that blended in. But every Jew has a traditional Jewish A son of B name.
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There is nothing wrong with changing one’s name — we have a multi-century tradition of immigrants Americanizing their names when they arrive on our shores.
In Israel Hebraisizing their name was a big, romantic thing during the first half of the 20th century. My father and his mother did so some time after they arrived in British Mandate Palestine in 1934, according to the documents in his files. Based on the names in Israeli news reports, most later arrivals have kept their diaspora names.
European Jews were not the only ones required to formally adopt family names under Napoleon. I knew a Belgian gentleman named Dejonckheere (“the lordling”), a name given in mockery to a stuck-up village ancestor in the belief that the family name thing could not possibly be permanent. Half the country is still stuck with horrible names considerably worse than that.
In the Middle East they are still identified by [name son of father member of clan member of tribe], as are the Jews from that part of the world. The rest of us use the [name son of father/ daughter of mother] formulation for religious purposes alongside the secular/legal [name family name].
[IsraelTimes] In nearly 30-second-long clip, Trufanov identifies himself and says that in the coming days, he will speak about what happened to him and other hostages in Gaza
The Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... terror group on Tuesday released a short propaganda video showing hostage Alexander (Sasha) Trufanov 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 an 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.
The nearly 30-second-long video was not dated, and no further information indicated when it could have been filmed.
In the clip, Trufanov identifies himself and says that in the coming days, he will speak about what happened to him and other hostages in Gaza.
Islamic Jihad and Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... have both previously issued similar videos of hostages the terror groups are holding, in what Israel says is deplorable psychological warfare. Most Israeli media do not carry the video clips themselves unless asked to or given permission by the hostage’s family members.
Trufanov was kidnapped on October 7 from Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his mother, girlfriend, and grandmother Irena Tati — all of whom were released in a hostage deal in late November. His father, Vitaly Trufanov, was murdered in the Hamas onslaught.
The four Trufanov family members, who immigrated from Russia 25 years ago, have no other relatives in Israel.
Yelena Trufanov was one of three women who appeared in a Hamas propaganda clip that was released on October 30.
Yelena, 50, and her mother Irena Tati, 73, were released by Hamas on November 29 at the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... . The move came during a week-long negotiated lull in the fighting that included the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Paleostinian security prisoners Israel had jugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! as well as an increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Recent indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Cairo over a deal to temporarily halt the fighting in Gaza and free remaining hostages broke up with no discernible progress.
It is believed that 121 hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza — not all of them alive — after 105 civilians were released from Hamas captivity during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released prior to that. Three hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 19 hostages have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the military.
The IDF has confirmed the deaths of 37 of those still held by Hamas, citing intelligence and findings obtained by troops operating in Gaza.
One more person has been listed as missing since October 7, and their fate is still unknown.
Hamas has also been holding two Israeli civilians, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, who are both thought to be alive after entering the Strip of their own accord in 2014 and 2015, respectively, as well as the bodies of fallen IDF soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin since 2014.
[IsraelTimes] Washington said to have pressed IDF to use 17kg GBU-39 munitions made to reduce casualties; army says hidden arms stash caused fatal blaze; WH still supports limited offensive
The bombs Israel used in Sunday’s strike near Rafah that was blamed for killing dozens of Paleostinians were GBU-39s, a small US-manufactured munition designed to limit casualties, according to investigations published Wednesday by CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... and by The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... Local medics said a blaze following the strike killed dozens of Paleostinian civilians at an encampment in Rafah’s Tel al-Sultan neighborhood. Israel said the strike had targeted two senior Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... officials, calling the civilian deaths a "tragic mishap."
Israel faced searing international criticism of the incident, which came on the heels of a World Court ruling against a Rafah operation.
Both CNN and the Times cited Trevor Ball, a former explosive ordinance disposal technician with the United States Army, who had analyzed debris from the bomb visible on local footage, including identification numbers and the tail actuation system, to identify the munitions.
The footage, recorded by Paleostinian journalist Alam Sadeq, showed the munition fragments to be emblazoned with a numerical sequence beginning with "81873," a unique identifier code issued by the US government to Colorado-based aerospace manufacturer Woodward, which supplies parts for the GBU-39 bombs, the Times said.
According to the NYT report, American officials have urged Israel to use GBU-39s instead of larger bombs, as they can help reduce civilian casualties.
The Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday that it had used two bombs with 17 kilograms (37 pounds) of explosives, the smallest the military’s jets can use — a figure which matches the GBU-39’s specifications, the Times said. According to the IDF, the deadly blaze may have been caused by a hidden munitions stash of which the army was unaware.
"The Israelis have said they used 37-pound bombs," John Kirby, the US National Security Council front man said at a briefing on Tuesday. "If it is in fact what they used, it is certainly indicative of an effort to be discreet and targeted and precise."
The US had previously withheld a shipment of thousands of 2,000- and 1,800-pound bombs from Israel after the country in early May began its Rafah operation over the White House’s opposition.
The larger bombs are often used to target fortified underground tunnels.
Despite the criticism, Israel’s Rafah operation has not passed US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences... ’s "red line" for continued American support of the war, multiple administration officials have said.
The sentiment persisted even after Sunday’s strike, which several US officials, including Vice President Kámala Harris Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, then a senatrix from California former 2020 Dem presidential hopeful, and Joe Biden's wing nut... , called "tragic."
[IsraelTimes] Government body sends letter to UN agency for Palestinian refugees saying it must also pay over NIS 27 million for allegedly operating on state land without consent for past seven years.
They won’t pay it, but I imagine sending the bill is very satisfying.
[GEO.TV] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, said that he expects fighting in Gaza to continue throughout 2024 at least, Al Jazeera reported.
We can understand why Pakistan and Al Jazeera are surprised by what Bibi has been saying all along. They are forever being shocked by real world events, after all.
He also told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan that the Israeli military was in control of 75 percent of the Philadelphi Corridor, a buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt.
The Philadelphi Corridor, also known as the Philadelphi Route, is the 14km (8.7 miles) long strip of land representing the entire border area between Gaza and Egypt.
It was established as a buffer zone controlled and patrolled by Israeli armed forces as part of the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt.
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[JP via Lucianne] Knesset passes preliminary bill designating UNRWA terrorist organization.
*Snicker* You show ‘em, guys!
The same bill, which comes in light of evidence suggesting UNRWA employees' links to Hamas, will abolish the immunities and privileges gifted to UNRWA employees.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
[JP via Lucianne] Knesset passes preliminary bill designating UNRWA terrorist organization.
