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by Nils A. Haug • November 6, 2024 at 5:00 am
"Jewish people brought morality to the world thousands of years ago, and some people are still mad about it." — Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle, ynetnews.com, January 27, 2024. Pope Francis, spiritual head of Roman Catholics globally, and Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England, for instance, have seemingly denied the "connection of Jewish people to their Holy Land" by apparently endorsing "replacement theology." Many in the Church believe that they are the true inheritors of certain biblical promises made to the Jews. "Archbishop Welby should know that Jerusalem was the capital of Israel before anyone heard of Britain." — Rabbi Warren Goldstein, Chief Rabbi of South Africa, jns.org, August 27, 2024. The dirty little non-secret is that anti-Zionism actually is an expression of anti-Semitism. To deny that Jews have no right to a state -- especially in light of four countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mauritania and Iran, highlighting "Islamic Republic" in their names -- would appear on the face of it fundamentally biased. This list does not even include the other 53 members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), that declare themselves Islamic, even if their names do not herald it.
Pope Francis, spiritual head of Roman Catholics globally, and Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England, for instance, have seemingly denied the "connection of Jewish people to their Holy Land" by apparently endorsing "replacement theology." Many in the Church believe that they are the true inheritors of certain biblical promises made to the Jews. Pictured: Welby (L) and Francis attend a meeting in Juba, South Sudan, on February 3, 2023. (Photo by Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images)
Genuine Bible-based faith has long been under threat of marginalization or, in some instances, elimination. The main problem might be identified as the gradual secularization of society –the view that G-d is no longer required in the public square. Blame might also be directed at the creeping influence of other faiths, some religious, others not. In Western culture, suggests David Bonagura Jr., a professor at St. Joseph's Seminary in New York, various ideologies such as "Marxism, progressivism, multiculturalism and now wokeism" have emerged to compete with the traditional Judeo-Christian moral ethos of society. Once principles of morality have been removed from the public arena, then associated precepts of truth, justice, freedom, democracy -- and the equality and dignity of all persons --become compromised and sidelined in favor of whatever is the fashionable wisdom-of-the-month.
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by Bassam Tawil • November 5, 2024 at 5:00 am
"Hezbollah's model is the same as the North Korean model: tunnels in which hundreds of combatants, fully equipped, can pass stealthily and rapidly underground. In our opinion, Hezbollah's 'Land of the Tunnels' project is much larger than the Hamas 'metro' project in the Gaza Strip." — Alma Research and Education Center, July 2021. These tunnels facilitate the movement of heavy equipment, missiles and fighters, and even allow missiles to be launched from within. Built beneath the border between Lebanon and Syria, these tunnels allow Hezbollah's smuggling unit and the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force to transport ammunition, supplies and fighters under the border. Many of these tunnels are located beneath civilian infrastructure and populated areas, using civilians as human shields for their activities. Some of the houses in Lebanon were destroyed by Hezbollah's own rockets and explosives after they were targeted by the IDF. "The explosions are caused by Hezbollah's own weapons. In other words, Hezbollah's tunnels are being used to blow up Lebanon. Hezbollah is displacing, starving and robbing the Lebanese." — Mohammed Al-Obaid, Arab social media user, X, October 31, 2024. Hezbollah and Hamas bear full responsibility for the death of thousands of Lebanese, Palestinians and Israelis since the October 7, 2023 massacres in which Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis. The two terrorist groups started the war, at the behest of their patrons in Iran, with the intention of killing a large number of Israelis and eliminating Israel. The vast network of tunnels they built in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip are an indication of the terrorist groups' determination to pursue their Jihad (holy war) against Israel, notwithstanding the risks to the Lebanese and Palestinian people living under their rule. Even if Hezbollah says it will withdraw to north of the Litani River, the tunnels enable it easily to violate that pledge, with no one above ground the wiser. Hezbollah, moreover, never abided by UNSC Resolution 1701 to stop building tunnels and stockpiling weapons in south Lebanon. The current war in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip must not end without the destruction of all the tunnels and the total defeat of Hezbollah and Hamas. Those who are pushing for an immediate ceasefire are only empowering Iran and its terror proxies, paving the way for another October 7-style massacre. The defeat of Hezbollah and Hamas will benefit not only the Israelis, but the Lebanese and Palestinians, as well.
Hezbollah's tunnels in Lebanon facilitate the movement of heavy equipment, missiles and fighters, and some even allow missiles to be launched from within. Many of the tunnels are located beneath civilian infrastructure and populated areas, using civilians as human shields for Hezbollah activities. Pictured: Israeli soldiers at a shaft leading into a Hezbollah tunnel near Naqoura, Lebanon, on October 13, 2024. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
The Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah, as part of its preparations for war with Israel, spent the past 15 years building a vast network of tunnels in Lebanon. Some of the tunnels were supposed to be used for invading Israel to carry out atrocities against Israelis like the ones committed by Hamas, another Iran terror proxy, on October 7, 2023. At a time when Lebanon faced a severe financial situation, Hezbollah invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the construction of the tunnels. Reuters reported in 2022: "Lebanon is grappling with a deep economic crisis after successive governments piled up debt following the 1975-1990 civil war with little to show for their spending binge.
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by Robert Williams • November 4, 2024 at 5:00 am
On September 22, unnoticed by most Americans, the Biden-Harris administration adopted the United Nations Pact for the Future to transform global governance, which introduces the foundations of a world government. There was no debate, no media coverage, no press releases, and no interviews about the Biden-Harris administration's surrender of United States sovereignty to the UN. Americans were apparently not supposed to find out. These agreements usher in a dystopian future, where the UN -- an active supporter of terrorism and arguably the world's most corrupt international entity... in partnership with the unelected and unaccountable World Economic Forum, led by Klaus Schwab... is given unprecedented power over the peoples of sovereign countries, who have had no say whatsoever on the contents of this pact, because it has been kept hidden from them. Buried near the end of the Digital Global Compact, in paragraph 30, is the only thing you need to know about it: "We must urgently counter and address... all forms of hate speech and discrimination, misinformation and disinformation...." The UN, its member states and the Biden-Harris administration evidently want to establish world-wide censorship that will make any future criticism of their power grab impossible. In 2021-22, the UN entered into a partnership with Google to ensure that the search engine only display information reflecting UN perspectives. Dissenting views would have to be erased. The UN did not even hide their totalitarian move, and issued a press release about it. Google is clearly doing the UN's bidding. If you try to google the words "climate change" today, every single dissenting view has been suppressed by the search engine. In the first twenty-plus pages of results that come up on Google, not a single of them deviates from the UN/WEF narrative, with most results only containing links to UN bodies or other institutions that partner with the UN, such as the EU, the World Bank, government websites and a few climate-alarmist articles from the Guardian, the New York Times, AP and Reuters. This is what UN censorship looks like now. Can you imagine what it will be in a few years, if countries do not immediately move to stop it?
In September, unnoticed by most Americans, the Biden-Harris administration adopted the United Nations Pact for the Future to transform global governance, which introduces the foundations of a world government. These agreements usher in a dystopian future, where the UN -- in partnership with the unelected and unaccountable World Economic Forum (WEF), led by Klaus Schwab -- is given unprecedented power over the peoples of sovereign countries. Pictured: Then Vice President Joe Biden at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on January 18, 2017. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
On September 22, unnoticed by most Americans, the Biden-Harris administration adopted the United Nations Pact for the Future to transform global governance, which introduces the foundations of a world government. There was no debate, no media coverage, no press releases, and no interviews about the Biden-Harris administration's surrender of United States sovereignty to the UN. Americans were apparently not supposed to find out. The UN bragged that the pact is the "most comprehensive agreement in many years" describing it as "covering entirely new areas and addressing issues where no consensus has been reached for decades." This is concerning.
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by Guy Millière • November 3, 2024 at 5:00 am
US President Joe Biden said that Sinwar had been an "insurmountable obstacle" and that his death offered "the opportunity... for a political settlement" in Gaza. A short time later, US Vice President Kamala Harris said that it was now possible to "finally end the war in Gaza." Had Israel complied with the Biden-Harris administration's request and not gone into Rafah, Sinwar would still be preparing the next massacres and making sure that Hamas keeps stealing the humanitarian aid intended for the people of Gaza. When the IDF killed him, just a mile from the Egyptian border, he was found carrying a large sum of money and the passport of a man described as an "UNRWA teacher." Hamas continues to steal the humanitarian aid and then sells it on the black market at extortionate prices, from which Hamas has "profited by at least half a billion dollars." Approximately 200 trucks of aid enter Gaza every day, yet the media report that Gazans are "starving" and that the blame for the supposed "war crime" goes, of course, to -- Israel. [B]y waiving sanctions that block Iran from selling its oil, the Biden-Harris administration has effectively been funding Iran's nuclear weapons program to the tune of roughly $100 billion. "After Iran's Oct. 1 missile attack, Mr. Biden told Israel not to attack Iran's nuclear program. Mr. Trump replied, 'Isn't that what you're supposed to hit? It's the biggest risk we have, nuclear weapons.' He reportedly told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 'Do what you have to do'... [Trump] tells Israel to do what it needs to do to end the war quickly in victory. Ms. Harris piles on restrictions and insists a cease-fire lead to a two-state solution disconnected from reality."— Elliot Kaufman, Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2024. "Now, as the ICC expands and abuses its powers to attack Israel, and Unrwa is exposed as compromised by Hamas, Mr. Biden blocks new sanctions against the ICC and tries to preserve Unrwa." — Elliot Kaufman, Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2024. Which will Americans vote for this week? The policies of President Trump or the policies of Presidents Biden and Obama?
US President Joe Biden said that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had been an "insurmountable obstacle" and that his death offered "the opportunity... for a political settlement" in Gaza. US Vice President Kamala Harris said that it was now possible to "finally end the war in Gaza." Had Israel complied with the Biden-Harris administration's request and not gone into Rafah, Sinwar would still be preparing the next massacres. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
October 17. Israeli authorities announce that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organization, the man who planned and ordered the atrocities of October 7, 2023 and the hostage-taking that accompanied them, has been eliminated. In the hours that followed, US President Joe Biden said that Sinwar had been an "insurmountable obstacle" and that his death offered "the opportunity... for a political settlement" in Gaza. A short time later, US Vice President Kamala Harris said that it was now possible to "finally end the war in Gaza." This is not the first time the Biden-Harris administration has spoken of "political settlement" in Gaza and the possibility to "end the war in Gaza." It has, in fact, been putting pressure on Israel for months to end the conflict. Both Biden and Harris, earlier, also insisted that the Israeli military not enter Rafah, where weapons were being smuggled into Gaza from Egypt through at least 20 massive cross-border tunnels.
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by Amir Taheri • November 3, 2024 at 4:00 am
The kinder authors use the label "conservative" against those left behind as if that were an insult. But one conserves only what one regards as precious and worth preserving. Advocates of wokeism never bother to ask why so many Americans don't wish to board that bus and try to cling to their American way of life, as portrayed in Rip Smith's old family album in "Magic Town". In theory, the US has a multiparty system. In practice, however, for the past few decades at least, it has appeared as 43 effectively one-party states with the remaining seven swinging between two parties. The strength of the American system lies in the fact that the structures of the republic set limits to democratic waywardness caused by momentary changes of public mood and cultural-ideological fashions such as wokeism.
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For decades, at least until the early days of the current century, a saying attributed to a 19th century vaudeville troupe was often used to assess the prevailing political mood in an imaginary "average America": Will it play in Peoria? I first heard the phrase in 1974 from Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neil, the 47th Speaker of the US House of Representatives. In answer to questions about likely policies the federal government might pursue on various issues, he said: "We have to see how it plays in Peoria!" The subtext was that Peoria, a small town in Illinois, represents the mood in America. In reality, however, Peoria has almost always leaned Democrat, a blue dot in an ocean of Republican red.
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by Majid Rafizadeh • November 2, 2024 at 5:00 am
Iran is now just a technical step away from acquiring a nuclear bomb, and these advances have been taking place while the Biden-Harris administration has done not a single thing to stop or even slow them. Why are the US and its allies not alarmed? The dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran are clear, particularly given the regime's long-standing support for terror groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, as well as its history of muscular aggression into Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon, Africa, Argentina, Panama, Venezuela, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. [T]he Biden-Harris administration is paving the way for a future where Iran becomes a nuclear-armed state. This outcome would have catastrophic consequences for global security, not only the Middle East.
Iran is now just a technical step away from acquiring a nuclear bomb, and these advances have been taking place while the Biden-Harris administration has done not a single thing to stop or even slow them. It is time to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Pictured: A Fattah hypersonic ballistic missile is displayed during the annual military parade in Tehran, on September 22, 2023. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
One of the most alarming features of the Biden-Harris administration is its permissive stance towards Iran's nuclear program. When this administration came into power, they promised that they would effectively address and curb Iran's nuclear ambitions. Yet, nearly four years into Biden's term, US Secretary of Stare Antony Blinken announced that Iran is "probably 1-2 weeks" away from having nuclear weapons -- and that was in July. Iran is now just a technical step away from acquiring a nuclear bomb, and these advances have been taking place while the Biden-Harris administration has done not a single thing to stop or even slow them.
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by Drieu Godefridi • November 1, 2024 at 5:00 am
With Merkel gone, Germany finds itself on an accelerating trajectory of impoverishment. One might have hoped that the German Right would learn a few lessons from the Merkel disaster. It has not. The European People's Party (EPP), the largest political group in the European Parliament -- in which the CDU is a member party -- appointed Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Commission. Under her leadership of the European Union, the economy is collapsing, industry is disappearing and Islamism is proliferating. Supposedly, all of that does not matter because Europeans have the Holy Grail: the "energy transition" to a "zero-carbon" Europe, and more regulations than all the other civilizations combined. Unfortunately, that policy is an absolute myth. "Zero-carbon Europe", a physical impossibility, will never happen. Even if it did, it would make no difference to the global explosion in CO2 emissions. Europe accounts for just 8% of global CO2 emissions. Even if Europe ceased to exist, it would make little difference to global CO2 emissions. They would continue to grow on all five continents. To get Germany and Europe out of this rut, would it not be more constructive for the CDU to consider governing with the AfD?
The European People's Party (EPP), the largest political group in the European Parliament -- in which the CDU is a member party -- appointed Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Commission. Under her leadership of the European Union, the economy is collapsing, industry is disappearing and Islamism is proliferating. Supposedly, all of that does not matter because Europeans have the Holy Grail: the "energy transition" to a zero-carbon Europe, and more regulations than all the other civilizations combined. Pictured: Von der Leyen at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images)
Today, Germany embraces the ideologies of "green energy" and a zero-carbon society -- a society that no longer emits CO2. Germans seem serious about ideology; they seem serious about everything. Once they buy into an ideology, it might be hard to change their mind. This is how Chancellor Angela Merkel came to power (2005-2021). Many forget that she did not emerge from the extreme green left, although judging by her record, one might think so. She came, in fact, from the CDU/CSU, Germany's "center-right" party. Merkel's record is clear: 1) the demographic Islamization of Germany by opening its doors to a flood of migrants alien to German culture, and apparently with less than no interest in absorbing it; 2) the subordination of Germany's energy to Russia, 3) the destruction of Germany's nuclear heritage. If Merkel had have been an agent of the Russian regime -- which trained her -- she might have acted no differently.
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by Lawrence Kadish • October 31, 2024 at 3:45 pm
Now would be a good time to recall the words of Benjamin Franklin, who was instrumental in the founding of our great nation. When asked what type of government we would have, he cautioned, "A republic, if you can keep it..." Pictured: Benjamin Franklin, circa 1750. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
In the autumn of 2024, there are many things to consider about the future of our nation, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth will soon be exercising their right to choose our next leader. Among the challenges: The fate of 21st century nations will rise or fall based on their access to energy. Those leaders who fail to see this simple but stark reality will preside over the decline and fall of their nation. As a result, the United States faces a crucial decision this Election Day: Which president will recognize that truth and act upon it in a world where enemy states seek to control strategic energy reserves?
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by Bassam Tawil • October 31, 2024 at 5:00 am
"Turkey is bombing and massacring Kurds tonight. No protests, no marches, no media coverage, no condemnations from UN, no ICC arrest warrants for Erdogan. Since 1914 Turkey has killed over 1.5 million Kurds. Stop Kurdish genocide." — Hemdad Mehristani, researcher, X, October 23, 2024. If Turkey has the right to respond to a terrorist attack by bombing dozens of targets belonging to Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, why is Israel being condemned for responding to the October 7 Hamas-led atrocities against its own citizens? Just because of the "two-state solution": Michigan and Minnesota? Not only is Erdogan lying when he accuses Israel of "genocide," but he is also proving that he is a big hypocrite. If he is really worried about the safety of the Muslims in the Gaza Strip, why does he continue to support Hamas, while denying Israel the right to defend itself against Islamist terrorism? If he believes that he has the right to bomb Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq, why is he denouncing Israel for taking the same action against Palestinian Islamist terrorists? The complicit silence of the anti-Israel groups on US university campuses towards Turkey's crimes is simply evidence of a staggering racism and hypocrisy.
If Turkey has the right to respond to a terrorist attack by bombing dozens of targets belonging to Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, why is Israel being condemned for responding to the October 7 Hamas-led atrocities against its own citizens? Pictured: Smoke rises from an oil extraction facility in Hasakeh province, Syria, which was bombed by Turkey on October 25, 2024. (Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)
Earlier this month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of committing "genocide" in the Gaza Strip in its counterterrorism operation against the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group. Hamas had launched the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, murdering 1,200 Israelis, wounding thousands, and kidnapping more than 240 hostages. Erdogan, whose country has been hosting and supporting some of the leaders of Hamas, threatened that Israel will "eventually pay the price for this genocide." He added: "There will be no peace in the world without accountability for the genocide in Gaza." Erdogan is currently facing the same charges he has leveled against Israel. The only difference is that many in the world are silent when Turkey targets the Kurds in Syria and Iraq, but continue to protest against Israel for defending itself against Hamas murderers and rapists responsible for the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
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by Alexander Maistrovoy • October 30, 2024 at 5:00 am
There seem to be several reasons for the Palestinians' reluctance to reach an agreement about a two-state solution, and a lasting end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Any Palestinian leader who has recommended an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been denounced by his people as a traitor and killed. That outcome would seem quite a disincentive. As the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said, "Do you want me sitting up there having tea with Sadat?" The donations that the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have received since 1993 could have turned the West Bank into a thriving area, and Gaza into a "New Singapore" or "Dubai on the Mediterranean," however, the leaders evidently had other priorities for that cash. One aim of Abbas seems to be to preserve his own wealth, estimated at $100 million, and the prosperity of his sons, who own the largest businesses in the Palestinian Authority. If donors keep throwing gigantic amounts of money at one -- especially unconditionally -- why not take it? In a situation where every attempt to achieve peace turns into another bloody war-experiment, most Israelis have apparently concluded that they would be better off without such a "peace". From the point of view of many Palestinian Arabs, and even some Americans, Jews can return to the other countries that wanted to kill them. At present, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, praised as "The Churchill of the Middle East," appears determined to disable Hamas and Hezbollah politically and militarily so they will not be able to threaten the security of Israelis again. Even with a supposed "ceasefire deal," Sinwar's successor will no doubt release the hostages as slowly as possible to allow more time for the Palestinians to rearm. For a ceasefire, Hamas -- probably also including Qatar and Iran -- is asking for a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, far from the smuggling tunnels under the border with Egypt. They are also asking for a "permanent ceasefire" -- meaning that they want the US administration and the international community to force Israel to stop fighting, but leave Hamas's leaders and terrorists free to rearm, regroup and ready to fight another day. In 2023, Israel allowed extra work permits to the Gazans -- who then mapped out every house to attack, including "the names of the people, how many children they had and even which of them owned dogs." At this point, whatever happens with a ceasefire or not, the region clearly does not seem ready for any kind of Palestinian state -- to say the least.
One aim of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas seems to be to preserve his own wealth, estimated at $100 million, and the prosperity of his sons, who own the largest businesses in the Palestinian Authority. If donors keep throwing gigantic amounts of money at one -- especially unconditionally -- why not take it? Pictured: US President Joe Biden is received by Abbas in Bethlehem, on July 15, 2022. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
The Biden-Harris administration appears still obsessed with a supposed ceasefire and a Palestinian state. President William Clinton, and, after him, President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State John Kerry also tried to create a Palestinian state. Now President Joe Biden with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan seem to be trying to do it again. Unfortunately, the plan for a "two-state solution" especially after the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023, and the bombardments of Israel -- smaller than the state of New Jersey -- by Hezbollah virtually every day in since October 8, 2023, appears farther away than ever. The "rehearsal" for a Palestinian state -- Palestinian independence since 2005 in the Gaza Strip -- has turned out to be a national security horror of the first order. Moreover, the Palestinians have always seemed less interested in having their own state than in eliminating the Israeli one.
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by Alan M. Dershowitz and Andrew Stein • October 29, 2024 at 5:00 am
Although they could easily distinguish between combatant and non-combatant deaths, Hamas refuses to do so. They [Hamas] fail to acknowledge that many of these so-called children were also combatants. They do the same with women, conveying the impression that only men are terrorists. Without the support of the media, this strategy would not succeed. And useful ignoramuses on university campuses, along with bigots in international organizations, falsely accuse Israel of genocide, despite the successful efforts of the IDF to reduce civilian casualties to the minimum possible.... In the absence of an honest accounting, the media will continue to do Sinwar's nefarious work in increasing Palestinian casualties in order to increase the pressure on Israel. Sadly, the media's dangerous cooperation with terrorists tells us more about them than about the war about which they purport to be "reporting."
Assassinated Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar weaponized the death of Gazan civilians, especially women and children. Although they could easily distinguish between combatant and non-combatant deaths, Hamas refuses to do so. They fail to acknowledge that many of these so-called children were also combatants. Without the support of the media, this strategy would not succeed. Pictured: Hamas terrorists with their child trainee at a rally in Gaza City on May 24, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)
Following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, documentary evidence has emerged confirming what many observers already knew: namely, that Sinwar weaponized the death of Gazan civilians, especially women and children. He understood that the media would emphasize these civilian deaths, attribute them all to Israel, and increase the pressure on the Israeli government to satisfy Hamas's unreasonable demands. This is how the Wall Street Journal put it, following a lengthy investigation: "Arab mediators hastened to speed up talks about a cease-fire... Sinwar in a message urged his comrades in Hamas's political leadership outside Gaza not to make concessions and instead to push for a permanent end to the war. High civilian casualties would create worldwide pressure on Israel, Sinwar said."
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by John Richardson • October 28, 2024 at 5:00 am
Members of both American political parties and other concerned observers have been asking for a while now, "Who's actually running the country?" More often it seems as if is a cadre of unelected bureaucrats – a faceless politburo – who uphold the law or not, according to political expediency or whim. American author and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has called this group "a machine." Are "open borders" legal or not? Are immigration laws being violated or not? Are illegal aliens legal or not? Are prosecutions of presidential candidates within a month of a presidential election "election interference" or not? Were the deliberate lies of former US intelligence officials to the US public about the authenticity of Hunter Biden's laptop actionable "election interference" or not? What we should probably be asking, as we head to November, is: "Do we really want to go on living like that?"
Members of both American political parties and other concerned observers have been asking for a while now, "Who's actually running the country?" Pictured: President Joe Biden is accompanied by Jill Biden, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the White House on September 7, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Members of both American political parties and other concerned observers have been asking for a while now, "Who's actually running the country?" Answers include: Former President Barack Obama, who, in November 2020, said on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: "People would ask me, knowing what you know now, do you wish you had a third term? And I used to say, "You know what? If I could make an arrangement where I had a stand-in, a front man or front woman, and they had an earpiece in, and I was just in my basement in my sweats looking through the stuff, and then I could sort of deliver the lines, but somebody else was doing all the talking and ceremony, I'd be fine with that."
George Soros, of whom the journalist Wayne Allen Root wrote: "Obama take his marching orders from George Soros." The Chinese Communist Party, about whom Root wrote:
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by Raymond Ibrahim • October 27, 2024 at 5:00 am
"Typically, kidnapped girls in Pakistan, some as young as 10, are abducted, forced to convert to Islam and raped under cover of Islamic 'marriages' and are then pressured to record false statements in favor of the kidnappers...." — morningstarnews.org, September 24, 2024, Pakistan. Headlines of the "pure genocide" of Christians from the month of September follow.... — Nigeria. "Muslims who abducted a 17-year-old Christian girl and gang-raped her for 10 days are threatening her family to pressure them to withdraw charges, even as police have failed to arrest most of the suspects." — morningstarnews.com, September 30, 2024, Pakistan. Muslims murdered, hacked to pieces, and dumped the remains of a Christian man into a Cairo canal.... Mina Musa, 21, had left his family home in Minya for a new job in Cairo.... He was responding to an advertisement on social media to assist an elderly person in Cairo. The notice included the offer of a generous salary, along with broader networking opportunities in the field of physical therapy..... The authorities managed to track the young man down to a Cairo apartment. On breaking in, they found parts of Mina's body.... Last reported, divers were searching in the canal for Mina's head. — copticsolidarity.org, October 5, 2024, Egypt. "I WILL BOMB THE POPE. I'M A TERRORIST...JUST BE CAREFUL...WAIT FOR NEWS YEEE." — posted on social media, morningstarnews.com, September 10, 2024, Indonesia. "Khosravi said the main goal of detention isn't always punishment or even to gather information, but to break a prisoner at such a fundamental level that they are shattered permanently.... Another Christian, forced to listen to the cries of a woman screaming in a near-by cell, was convinced by guards that it was his wife being raped repeatedly, he said." — morningstarnews.org, October 1, 2024, Iran. On September 18, Christian mother of four was sentenced to death on a "blasphemy" conviction.... The reason she was handed the death sentence has less to do with actual evidence and everything to do with extremist pressure groups, Hameed [her lawyer] said... "If you analyze all cases of 295-C, you will see that all the convictions of the trial court are overturned by the superior courts." — morningstarnews.org, September 19, 2024, Pakistan. "Nearly 3,000 persons have been accused of blasphemy in Pakistan since 1987..." — morningstarnews.org, September 19, 2024, Pakistan. "These are Christians who are out to convert our people to a wrong religion." — Sheikh Kalimu, Islamic leader, morningstarnews.com, September 23, 2024, Uganda. "After 1994 [when the Muslim Brotherhood came to power], the authorities tried to make Yemen an Islamic state. They wiped out our identity as Christians and refused to write 'Christian' on documents. Christians had to write either 'Muslim' or leave a blank space.... When I got full marks in Islamic education, they would reduce my grades, because they told me 'a Christian couldn't be equal to a Muslim.'... [A]ll the nuns were later killed.... In 2018, the authorities refused to renew our passports unless we wrote the word 'Islam' in the religion section of the application form, as we were told: 'There are no Christians in Yemen.'" — Badr, Yemeni Catholic woman living in Aden, catholicnewsagency.com, September 25, 2024, Yemen.
On September 12, a Muslim man and two accomplices kidnapped a 16-year-old Christian girl in Jaranwala, Pakistan, then forced her to convert to Islam and marry him. Pictured: A Christian district of Jaranwala, on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Amna Yaseen/AFP via Getty Images)
The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of September 2024. Pakistan: Forced Conversion and Rape of Christians On September 12, a Muslim man and two accomplices kidnapped a 16-year-old Christian girl, then forced her to convert to Islam and marry him. Her parents were away at the time, but when they returned, neighbors said they had seen the gun-wielding suspects bundling their daughter, Diya Iftikhar, into a white Suzuki van and fleeing the scene. "We were terrified," said the mother, Shaida, "because Ghazaal and his accomplices were involved in the Aug. 16, 2023 attacks on churches and homes in Jaranwala. They are notorious for their criminal activities, including sexual harassment of Christian girls." Four days later a video was sent to the parents of the underage girl saying she had converted to Islam and married of her own free will:
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by Amir Taheri • October 27, 2024 at 4:30 am
[T]he fact is that the US remains the "indispensable nation" it has been at least for the past century or so. By continuing his never ending monologue, Trump tells the voters more and more about himself. Harris, in contrast, talks to hide herself.
The real issue in this election is which of the two candidates Americans, or at least the 50 percent who vote, will feel more akin with. And that in itself is a huge question, huge enough to make this election historic. Pictured: Campaign signs for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump along a rural highway on September 26, 2024 near Traverse City, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
It is late night in Paris when the phone jolts me out of my pre-sleep somnolence. It is a fellow-Iranian who wants to know who I think will be the United States' next president. As I mumble in search of an answer, the distant caller darts: So who will win? "The winner will be the American system," I say, and immediately realize that this might sound more like a dodge than a proper answer. Nevertheless, I stick with my answer because I know that citing either Donald J. Trump or Kamala Harris as the possible winner will lead to an avalanche of speculation about what will happen if he or she ends up in the White House. The avalanche has been sliding down for weeks as pundits across the pond project contradictory predictions. The Washington Post, a Harris cheer-leader, claims that Trump's win will push the world back into the 1930s when the slogan "Might is Right" led to the Second World War.
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by Lawrence Kadish • October 27, 2024 at 4:00 am
America's military is now recruiting executives in the technology sector for the purpose of making them "weekend warriors." During World War II, among the citizens who donned Army uniforms was William "Big Bill" Knudsen. A former General Motors executive, he was commissioned as a lieutenant general and proudly wore the uniform throughout the conflict. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt placed him in charge of America's armaments production program, with instructions to convert our peacetime industrial base into one that would outproduce our combined enemies on virtually every essential weapon. After his appointment, he turned around and created a team of proven industrial leaders to assist him in meeting the demands of our fighting forces. Pictured: The production line for the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter and ground-attack aircraft, on March 11, 1941, in Buffalo, New York (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
The Pentagon is finally discovering what our nation knew some 85 years ago. If you want to create the cutting edge weapons that you need in the quality and quantities required to protect our nation, you need to turn to some very smart people in the business world. Recent media reports reveal that America's military is now recruiting executives in the technology sector for the purpose of making them "weekend warriors." It has been done before, and with war-winning results. If only the Biden White House had opened a history book four years ago.
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