“Rather than admitting their own role in igniting the Middle East, Biden and Harris now blame the victims of their own incendiary foreign policy”

Posted on October 13, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
Biden and Harris, own up: your foolish Iran overtures ignited its war against Israel
Victor Davis Hanson
October 13, 2024

Both the Harris-Walz presidential ticket and now lame-duck President Joe Biden keep insisting that they are Israel’s best friend. A snarly Biden recently bragged at a contentious press conference, “No administration has helped Israel more than I have. None, none, none. And I think [Netanyahu] should remember that.” Yet the thin-skinned and triggered Biden’s prickliness poorly hid — or perhaps revealed — the truth: This current administration knows that it is responsible for the current explosion of the Middle East and the particular dilemmas of Israel…Recently, Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris refused to say whether the Netanyahu administration is even an ally of the United States. READ MORE

GATESTONE Bassem Tawil: The Biden-Harris Administration’s Misguided Policy On The Palestinians What is most disturbing about Harris’s advocacy for the establishment of an Iranian-controlled Palestinian state is that it is seen by many Palestinians as a reward for the October 7 atrocities…. So, when Harris talks about the need to establish a Palestinian state, she is sending a message to Hamas and other Palestinians that terrorism against Israel pays….

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Gordis at Yom Kippur in Israel: “There was not a person, whether we were singing or silent, who was not wondering— “What is going to be here? What is going to happen to us?”

Posted on October 13, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL FROM THE INSIDE
“We sought healing, we sought mercy, we sought repentance, we demanded redemption— and there is none”
Daniel Gordis
October 13, 2024

…The next day, when we got to U-netaneh Tokef (“Who shall live, who shall die …”) the person leading was singing, and people were singing along, when again, suddenly—silence. Nothing. Again, just tears. No words, no melody. And then, finally, the words at which they’d stopped. “Who by sword…” Indeed, who by sword? It was the question on everyone’s mind, looking back on a year that was unbearable, and a year just beginning that may well not be any better. You could see fathers hug their army- or reserve-age sons closer. You could see the dread on everyone’s face. READ MORE

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On April 29, 1492, the same day Columbus received authorization to equip his fleet, the Edict of Expulsion was publicly announced in several major Spanish cities. This edict forced Jews to either convert to Christianity or leave Spain, leading to a mass exodus of the Jewish population.

Posted on October 13, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

REUTERS
Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, study finds
October 13, 2024

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Several countries have argued over the origins and the final burial place of the divisive figure who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s onward, opening the way for the European conquest of the Americas…“We have DNA from Christopher Columbus, very partial, but sufficient. We have DNA from Hernando Colón, his son,” Lorente said in the programme. “And both in the Y chromosome (male) and in the mitochondrial DNA (transmitted by the mother) of Hernando there are traits compatible with Jewish origin.” READ MORE

ISRAEL 365 NEWS Christopher Columbus: A Sephardic Jew from Western Europe ? Columbus’s own writings provide tantalizing clues to his possible Jewish heritage. In his letters, he made frequent references to the Hebrew Bible and figures such as Moses, David, Abraham, Isaac, and Sarah. He even computed the age of the world according to the Jewish calendar, writing, “…and from the destruction: the Second Temple according to the Jews to the present day, being the year of the birth of Our Lord 1481, are 1413 years…”

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The first damning evidence of the UN’s complicity in the worst terrorist atrocity committed in Israel’s history emerged after Israel’s military reported that 450 workers employed by UNRWA were “military operatives from Hamas and other armed groups”

Posted on October 13, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
United Nations’ Material Support for Terrorism: Allegedly Gave $1.3 Billion to Hamas in Cash, Presumably for Weapons
Con Coughlin
October 13, 2024

Accusations that the United Nations funded Hamas’s terrorist infrastructure by transferring $1.3 billion to the organisation, some of which was used to finance the purchase of weapons used in last year’s October 7 attacks, will only add to the view that the UN is no longer fit to fulfil the role for which it was originally intended. A lawsuit filed in US Federal Court by victims of the October 7 Hamas attacks makes damning accusations against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) that it was involved in orchestrating a large-scale money laundering operation from which the terrorist organisation benefitted…The mounting scandal over the body’s involvement with Hamas, together with its institutional anti-Israel bias, indicates that no such reform has been undertaken and that the whole organisation is no longer fit for purpose. READ MORE

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Israel pushes to ban UNRWA from operating inside its borders U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is pushing back on Israel’s efforts to stymie the United Nations Relief Works Agency from operating within its borders. Her comments come days after the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees approved two bills designed to bar the U.N. agency for Palestinians from operating “any institution, provide any service, or conduct any activity, whether directly or indirectly,” in Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post…

ALGEMEINER Tom Cotton Alleges UN Agency Has ‘Misused’ Over $1 Billion in Funds Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) penned a letter alleging that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) has “misused” over a billion dollars earmarked for humanitarian aid in Gaza…The senator laid blame on the Biden administration’s approach to the Israel-Hamas war for prolonging the conflict, allowing the Palestinian terrorist group to enrich themselves at the expense of American taxpayer

FUTURE OF JEWISH The UN’s All-Out War With Israel The corrupted and maligned United Nations has become a key player in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, serving entities and people who have no interest in seeing it resolved. It is important for the UN to aid and abet Israel’s self-declared enemies, no less jihadist terrorists, in their demented antisemitic mission to destroy the Jewish state using the most sinister, barbaric methods.

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MEMORABLE VIDEO: To mark the anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel, Bill Maher attempts to educate young Americans about the Middle East

Posted on October 11, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER

Click here for Bill’s best monologue ever

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“If Israel were to stop that genocidal, theocratic, unstable government from acquiring nuclear weapons, it would be a gift by the Jewish state to humanity”

Posted on October 10, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
Biden-Harris should help Israel take out Iran’s nuclear program — the world will thank them
Douglas Murray
October 10, 2024

…The US government has been calling for a “cease-fire” ever since the Hamas massacre of October 7 and Hezbollah joining in the war on October 8. But why should there be a cease-fire? If 44,000 Americans had been slaughtered in the most barbaric fashion in a single day and 10,000 further Americans taken hostage (which it would be by proportion of population), I would expect the American Army to tear up the Earth to punish the perpetrators and destroy any regime that was behind them. And if America’s allies spent every following day saying that America should exercise “restraint” and have a “cease-fire,” I would expect them to be ignored, and more. READ MORE

YISHAI FLEISHER WATCH: Biased Reporter Presses Pierre Poilievre on Israel and his Response Was PERFECT!

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Hamas leader reportedly has not softened stance during absence, is said to be surrounded by at least 20 hostages, carried 25 kg of dynamite in sole footage of him since Oct. 7

Posted on October 8, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
After speculation he was killed, Sinwar said to renew contact with Qatar
Staff
October 7, 2024

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has reestablished contact with hostage-ceasefire deal mediators in Qatar after weeks of silence that had stirred speculation he might have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, according to multiple reports Monday. Sinwar cut off contact because he believed Israel was uninterested in reaching a deal, unnamed sources with knowledge of the negotiations told the Channel 12 news site. A senior Israeli official told the Walla news site it does not seem that Sinwar has in any way softened his positions on a hostage-and-ceasefire deal. Hamas has demanded a complete withdrawal of the military from Gaza and a permanent end to the war, while Israel has refused any arrangement that would allow the terror group to retain control of the Strip and rebuild its military strength. READ MORE

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An investigation published by the ‘Washington Post’ reveals that the exploding beepers were assembled in Israel and integrated into the production line of a company from Taiwan

Posted on October 8, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

ARUTZ SHEVA
The saleswoman who convinced Hezbollah:New details about the pager explosions
October 6, 2024

…The exploding pagers were manufactured in Israel in 2022 and integrated into the supply line of the Thai manufacturer Apollo without their knowledge. A sales representative managed to convince Hezbollah to purchase 5,000 pagers, arguing that they were immune to Israeli spying. The representative recommended the model with the extended battery and the hard case. The terrorist organization purchased the pagers and equipped its operatives with them. The operation was preceded by another action by the Mossad a decade ago, during which hundreds of communication devices were sold to Hezbollah and transferred to its militants. These devices were not only equipped with explosives but also with tracking devices that allowed Israel to listen to conversations held on them. READ MORE

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Tobin: “One bad book tells us everything we need to know about the corrupt intellectual war waged against Israel and how liberal media discarded journalism in favor of leftist bias”

Posted on October 7, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
The big lie of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s 10 days in Palestine
Jonathan S. Tobin
October 9, 2024

There are times when terrible books can be useful. In the case of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ truly awful The Message, the author has not only demonstrated exactly how and why America’s chattering classes have not just turned on Israel and are supporting an ideological war against its existence…At virtually every other stop, Coates was treated as a hero, offered only softball questions and never challenged about the bogus nature of his latest work. But one journalist, Tony Dokoupil, a host on CBS Mornings, had the temerity to ask Coates some tough questions about the inaccuracies of his book and its true intent, which is to delegitimize and amplify calls for Israel’s destruction. READ MORE

FREE PRESS How Is CBS Marking October 7? By Admonishing Tony Dokoupil The journalist did his job by asking tough questions of Ta-Nehisi Coates. That’s when the trouble began.

NEW YORK POST ADL defends anchor Tony Dokoupil after CBS News panned tense interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates over Israel A prominent Jewish civil rights group has come to the defense of Tony Dokoupil after the “CBS Mornings” anchor’s bosses found he had an “ax to grind” during his tough interview with controversial author Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Post has learned. Jonathan Greenblatt, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, contacted CBS News chief Wendy McMahon on Monday just after it was reported that Dokoupil was reprimanded over his interview with Coates last week…

FREE PRESS Does CBS News Know Where Jerusalem Is? In late August, Mark Memmott, the senior director of standards and practices at CBS News, sent an email to all CBS News employees reminding them to “be careful with some terms when we talk or write about the news” from Israel and Gaza. One of the words on Memmott’s list of terms was Jerusalem. Of Jerusalem, Memmott wrote: “Do not refer to it as being in Israel.”

Watch the controversial CBS interview of Ta-Nehisi Coates

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“Rabbis and liturgists are trying to find ways to honor personal loss and communal grief during Yizkor, the traditional memorial service”

Posted on October 7, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

JTA
One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning
Andrew Silow-Carroll
October 6, 2024

…Yom Kippur begins this year on Oct. 11, four days after the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, and once again rabbis and liturgists are trying to find ways to ritualize raw communal grief on the holy day. A number of groups have put out supplements to the High Holiday prayer book, known as the mahzor, containing reflections, prayers and whole services addressing the mourning and anguish around the day and subsequent 12 months of a crisis that shows few signs of fading. The entire cycle of this year’s High Holidays is haunted by Oct. 7, especially Simchat Torah, the season’s climax: Hamas breached Israel’s southern fence on the holiday last year, and congregations have been struggling with how to celebrate what is supposed to be a joyous holiday on what is essentially the yahrtzeit, or death anniversary, of some 1,200 victims of the attacks and the kidnapping of hundreds more. READ MORE

ETTINGER REPORT Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Guide for the Perplexed, 2024 Asking forgiveness of fellow human-beings is a major feature of Yom Kippur, transferring human behavior from acrimony and vindictiveness to forgiveness and peaceful coexistence. It is consistent with the philosophy of Hillel the Elder, a leading 1st century BCE Jewish Sage: “The essence of the Torah is: do not do unto your fellow person that which is hateful to you; the rest [of the Torah] is commentary.” Yom Kippur highlights faith, magnanimity, humility, genuine-repentance, compassion, consideration, forgiveness, responsibility and optimism. It recognizes one’s fallibilities, emphasizes learning from one’s mistakes, minimizing future missteps, elevating morality and enhancing family and community cohesion.

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