Protect Highland Park Voter Rights!

Posted on September 27, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

HIGHLAND PARK FORWARD
VOTE YES To Allow Liquor License Holders to Serve on City Council

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Many things occurred on Monday that illustrate how Israel is turning the tide against Hezbollah

Posted on September 26, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
Amid International Pressure, Top Israeli Leaders Say ‘There Will Be No Ceasefire’ With Hezbollah
Jack Elbaum
September 26, 2024

Top Israeli leaders have indicated they will not agree to a ceasefire with the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon amid the international community’s push for one. “There will be no ceasefire in the north,” Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz posted on X/Twitter on Thursday. “We will continue to fight against the terrorist organization Hezbollah with all our might until victory and the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a similar stance after he landed in New York on Thursday to address the UN General Assembly the following day. “Our policy is clear: We continue to hit Hezbollah with all our might,” Netanyahu said in a statement. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel kills Hezbollah drone chief in Beirut, rockets fly at north as truce rebuffed An airstrike killed a senior Hezbollah leader in a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday afternoon, the military said, with fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group showing little sign of slowing as an international bid to secure a ceasefire appeared to fall apart. The strike in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh targeted the head of Hezbollah’s aerial forces, Mohammed Srur, who is largely responsible for the terror group’s drone fleet along with cruise missiles and aerial defenses.

JPOST Seth J. Frantzman: Calling Nasrallah’s bluff: IDF strikes bring turning point in Israel-Hezbollah war It is likely that Israel’s decision to turn the tables on Hezbollah and call its bluff via massive airstrikes against it this week will be seen as a turning point in the conflict. It is important to understand how these events unfolded, especially since, for many years, an ingrained fear of Hezbollah was built up in Israel. On Monday, the IAF launched airstrikes on more than 1,300 Hezbollah targets. They included numerous waves of airstrikes across southern Lebanon and deeper into Lebanon. Lebanese civilians were called upon to flee areas where Hezbollah is present in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley.

GATESTONE Bassam Tawil: Israel’s War Is Against Hezbollah, Not The Lebanese People On September 19, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah promised that his organization’s terrorist attacks on Israel would continue until the war in Gaza ended. Hezbollah, he said, will continue supporting the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip “no matter what the consequences are, what the sacrifices are, what scenarios will unfold.” Nasrallah further threatened that Israelis who have evacuated from their homes will not be allowed to return, implying that Hezbollah might be planning to invade and occupy Israel’s north.

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“Hezbollah’s beeper attacks and today’s V82 strike aren’t just military victories; they represent a triumph for the Middle East over radicalism—a victory not just for Israel, but for all who stand against terror”

Posted on September 26, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

5 TOWNS CENTRAL
Political Analyst From UAE: Victory Over Terror Through Intelligence & Resolve
Amjad Taha
September 19, 2024

You dared to strike at a wise and courageous people on October 7th—committing genocide, kidnapping their children, and violating their women. You thought they would fall, but they rose again. After 11 months, they returned to correct what briefly slipped—their intelligence. Now, they will send you back 1,000 years, to an era without technology, where a ringing phone feels like a death sentence and a beep is a nightmare. You will be haunted by your own shadow, too afraid to use any technology, cut off from the advanced world. They will defeat you—not with bullets or tanks, but with the unbreakable will of brave and intelligent people. Over a simple cup of coffee, with a decisive click, they will seal your fate and that of anyone who dares to harm their children. This is a nation the world respects.

SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA Erin Molan: This is what moral clarity look like

FUTURE OF JEWISH Joshua Hoffman: Only Israel is forced to negotiate with terrorists. Instead of gratitude, Israelis are often met with condemnation, scrutinized under a microscope of hypocrisy — even though we embody the spirit of defiance against unhinged anti-Western violence.

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UN announces they bear no responsibility for their UNRWA employees who joined in rapes and murders of Israeli civilians. And our administration concurs.

Posted on September 26, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
Outrage as US DOJ defends UN staffers who collaborated in Hamas’ terror
Mark Goldfeder and Eugene Kontorovich
September 25, 2024

“No one is above the law,” Kamala Harris says when speaking of her rival, former President Donald Trump. But the Harris-Biden administration is arguing in federal court that lots of people are above the law — in particular, the many UN employees who helped Hamas build its terror facilities and launch its genocidal pogrom on Oct. 7. In June, some victims of the Oct. 7 massacre filed suit in New York, where the United Nations is based, against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, alleging that UNRWA and its officials have aided and abetted Hamas. Evidence of UNRWA’s wholesale collaboration with the designated terror group is abundant, and goes back years. “Oh, I am sure that there are Hamas members on the UNRWA payroll, and I don’t see that as a crime,” then-UNRWA Commissioner-General Peter Hansen stated in 2004. READ MORE

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“While acknowledging that Harris does not hate Israel, Trump emphasized that her failure to confront Iran’s aggressive actions, including its support for terrorist proxies, has emboldened the regime”

Posted on September 26, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

JPOST
Harris may love Israel but she doesn’t hate Iran
Shmuley Boteach
September 24, 2024

Last week, at the IAC Conference in DC, former president Donald Trump made two comments that angered many American Jews. The first, let’s be clear, was highly inappropriate. Without him, he said, Israel would be done for in two years. Now, I’m not doubting for one moment that Trump would be better for Israel as a US president than Vice President Kamala Harris, given the control that people like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib exert over the Democratic party. But Israel finished in two years? That definitely wasn’t the wisest thing to say to a people who just 80 years ago experienced one Holocaust. And wasn’t the whole point of Zionism that Jews – even accepting that we need strong allies – defend themselves? That we don’t rely on popes, princes, or even the benevolent presidents to protect us? READ MORE

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Numerous airlines have already resumed operations: Aegean, Bulgaria Air, Air France, Air Europa, TAROM, FlyDubai, Etihad Airways, Arkia, El Al, Hainan Airlines, TUS, Bluebird Airways, Corendon Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways, GullivAir and Ethiopian Airlines

Posted on September 25, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM
The complete guide to all airline flight cancellations to Israel (by agreement with JNS)
Shimon Yaish
September 26, 2024

This past few weeks have been significant for the aviation and tourism sector in Israel, with over twenty airlines canceling flights to Israel amid Iranian threats of retaliation for the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and the ongoing Israeli-Hezbollah tensions. Which international airlines have canceled flights to Israel, and until when? We’ve organized the information for you in an article that will be updated based on developments and decisions made by the airlines. United Airlines has canceled flights to Israel until further notice. Delta Airlines suspended its flights to Israel until December 31, 2024. American Airlines has canceled flights until March 2025. This means El Al is currently the sole airline operating direct flights between the US and Israel. KLM has announced that it would not fly to Israel until Oct. 26 at the earliest. The Lufthansa Group, which includes Swiss, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings, has canceled its flights until October 14. READ MORE

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“The criticism of the tactics and the fact that it inspired some laughter from besieged Israelis speak volumes about the moral sickness afflicting many Western liberals”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
Why the reactions to Israel’s strikes on Hezbollah matter
Jonathan Tobin
September 20, 2024

…More important was the angry reaction inspired among many Western liberals who denounced the attacks because they don’t believe in Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorists and because they no longer believe that any Western nation has the right to fight even the most just wars. The claim that this was an Israeli “escalation” is entirely untrue since it is Hezbollah that initiated the current round of strife. No matter how many terrorists were killed, maimed or wounded in the strikes, the Iranian proxy shows no sign of halting its firing on not just northern Israel but now other areas since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas in the south. Hezbollah’s rockets have essentially depopulated Israeli communities along the country’s northern border, turning tens of thousands of its citizens into evacuees holing up in hotels in the center of the country alongside those who were similarly affected by the assault on southern Israel. READ MORE

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Patricia Heaton’s campaign is latest effort by non-Jews to employ Jewish ritual objects in a show of solidarity with Jews facing antisemitism

Posted on September 24, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

JTA
Thousands of non-Jews order mezuzahs after a pro-Israel Christian puts one on her door in solidarity
Jackie Hajdenberg
September 25, 2024

A Jewish nonprofit that distributes mezuzahs has been deluged with thousands of requests after a Catholic sitcom actress launched a campaign encouraging people to put up the ritual object in support of the Jewish community. Patricia Heaton, known for her starring roles in “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “The Middle,” announced the campaign Monday as part of her nonprofit, The October 7 Coalition, a Christian group founded after the Hamas attack in Israel last year to support the Jewish community and Israel. “As we head toward the one year anniversary of October 7th, I ask that you please join me in the #MyzuzahYourzuzah campaign to show solidarity with your Jewish friends and neighbors, fight antisemitism and bless your household…” READ MORE

TWITTER Patricia Heaton hanging her mezuzah

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“‘Refusing to participate on a panel with a Zionist is a bare-assed excuse for antisemitism.’ For state funded-colleges, it also might be illegal”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

FREE PRESS
University Cancels Panel Because Author Is a ‘Zionist’
Joe Nocera
September 23, 2024

For the last seven years, the New York State Writers Institute has held an annual book festival at the University at Albany. It’s where notable authors come together and discuss big ideas like climate change, feminism, and immigration. But this year, the festival, which was held on Saturday, was disrupted because two authors refused to discuss their books with the panel’s moderator. Why? Because she is a “Zionist.” The Zionist in question was Elisa Albert, a 46-year-old progressive feminist author whose novels—she’s written three of them—are dark comedies about subjects like modern motherhood and fame. She had agreed to moderate the panel months earlier, and she was looking forward to it. READ MORE

NEW YORK POST Bill would bar colleges from accepting money, gifts from terror-supporting countries Colleges and universities would be barred from accepting financial support or gifts from foreign nations that support terrorism under bipartisan legislation introduced by two New York House members, who said taking such funds is “an act of national self-sabotage.” The ban proposed by Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx) and Andrew Garbarino (R-LI) would cover China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and other countries that support terrorism…“Foreign influence has no place in our education system — especially when it’s aimed at spreading antisemitism and anti-American sentiment on our college campuses,” Garbarino said. “For far too long, radical organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine have been propped up by foreign entities with connections to terrorism,” he continued.

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Democrat Senator Fetterman: “If you have to pick a side, the easiest choice I’ve ever made in my life is to be on Israel’s side”

Posted on September 23, 2024 by ArchitectGuy

MISHPACHA
Pittsburgh Steel: Senator John Fetterman Stands Tall as Israel’s Ironclad Defender
Gedalia Guttentag
September 17, 2024

In the moral morass of post-October 7 politics, as American lawmakers were silenced by the mob baying for Israel’s blood, one politician stood tall. At 6’8”, John Fetterman, the once progressive junior senator from Pennsylvania, has emerged as a man of steely conviction in a party whose left flank has moved to embrace the Hamas narrative, a surprising yet steadfast defender of the Jewish state in its darkest hour…From the moment he stood draped in an Israeli flag at the rally for Israel in Washington, D.C., last November, fathoming Fetterman has practically become a Jewish parlor game. Is Fetterman a Jewish name? Can Jews even grow to six feet, eight inches? How did a one-time progressive become such a fierce advocate for Israel? READ MORE

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