Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’

 

Iran ground to a near-standstill Wednesday as businesses, universities and government offices closed under a government-ordered shutdown amid protests caused by a growing political and economic crisis.

Video footage circulating online and shared by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) shows intense clashes between protesters and security forces in cities including Shiraz, Isfahan, Kermanshah and Tehran.

In the videos, protesters chant anti-regime slogans and confront security forces in crowded streets.

Footage included scenes of screaming and apparent gunfire, with demonstrators throwing objects and shouting, “Death to the dictator” and “Proud Arakis, support, support.”

Additional footage shared by MEK shows crowds chanting, “Death to Khamenei!” and “Shame on you, shame on you!” as anger appears to spread across the country, with a particular focus on bazaar-led protests in Tehran.

Some of the most dramatic scenes were reported in the city of Fasa in south-central Iran. Video circulating online shows demonstrators hurling objects at the gates of a government complex and shaking them until they opened.

Opposition groups also reported that protesters stormed the governor’s office, prompting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces to open fire, per Reuters.

Military helicopters were seen flying over the city, apparently to intimidate residents and prevent the unrest from spreading.

In Kermanshah, in western Iran, bazaar merchants were seen confronting security forces while chanting, “Dishonorable, dishonorable,” according to video footage.

The one-day shutdown affected 21 of Iran’s 31 provinces, including Tehran, as President Masoud Pezeshkian sought to contain mounting public anger fueled by inflation, currency instability and declining living standards.

Demonstrations, strikes and clashes with security forces continued for a fourth consecutive day in cities across the country.

The unrest has unfolded alongside a series of high-level leadership changes that have added to uncertainty.

On Wednesday, Pezeshkian appointed Abdolnaser Hemmati, a former economy minister, as the new head of Iran’s central bank after the resignation of Mohammad Reza Farzin.

State media quoted the president as acknowledging the role was “extremely difficult and complex,” warning that the new central bank chief would face intense pressure and criticism amid ongoing economic turmoil, according to IRNA.

Separately, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced the appointment of IRGC Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi as deputy commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guards.

Sarah Netanyahu awarded NIS 120,000 for defamation lawsuit

 

Silvia Gancia 

The Tel Aviv-Yafo Magistrate's Court accepted Sarah Netanyahu's lawsuit against Silvia Gancia, and ordered Gancia to pay her NIS 100,000 in defamation damages, in addition to NIS 20,000 in attorney's fees and reimbursement of the court fee.

The suit was filed in 2020 over two publications by Gancia in December 2019 and May 2020, which Netanyahu alleges constituted defamation.

Gancia, a former employee at the official residence, did not file her closing arguments by the set deadlines and did not request an extension or provide an explanation for the omission.

Judge Ronen Ilan noted that the defendant was given several opportunities to submit her closing arguments, and the possibility that her counsel was on active reserve duty was even considered, but even after repeated adjournments no response was submitted.

Under the Civil Procedure Regulations, the court ruled that the failure to submit the closing arguments should be treated as a failure to appear, and therefore the decision should be made based on the evidence presented by the plaintiff.

Judge Ilan determined that although Netanyahu did not prove monetary damage, she is entitled to statutory defamation compensation of NIS 50,000 for each publication.

Meanwhile, just about two months ago, a claim filed by Gancia herself against Sarah Netanyahu at the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court was dismissed. In that ruling, Gancia was ordered to pay NIS 20,000 for legal costs after the court found that she conducted the proceedings contemptuously.

Gancia sued for NIS 650,000 in compensation from Netanyahu, the Moriyah staffing company, and the state, alleging mistreatment during her employment at the residence. However, after the close of evidence in May 2019 she refrained from filing closing arguments despite repeated orders and numerous extensions granted.

The ruling sharply criticized her attorney for failing to submit closing arguments, not responding to the court's inquiries and not answering phone calls.

In light of this conduct, the court ordered the claim struck, with an option for Gancia to renew it in the future. However, it was decided that if she seeks to renew it she will be required to pay NIS 10,000 to each of the defendants.

Is "Yeshiva World News" Media Site the New Meraglim??

 

On December 26, the Yeshva World News had a post on their "Coffee room Chat" which headlined:

Settlers are RODFIM

Video Shows Armed Settler Ramming Praying Palestinian; Suspect Released to House Arrest

These guys are MUCH worse than Neturay Karta. Where all the anti neturay karta guys at??

These guys are RODFIM to the highest degree. NK are tzadikkim compared to these “settlers”.

DIN: I don't know who this vile scum who posted this is but there is no question that he lost his Olam Haba! 

I will post some of the responses that repudiated this lie !

"I’m not convinced that the narrative is correct. If you just watch the video without reading the YWN headline it seems more like this: this Jew was driving his vehicle down the road, a taxi was blocking the road so he drove on the side without paying attention that some stupid guy was using the side of the road for prayer. when he hit the guy he immediately stopped. after looking down and seeing that the man he just hit was ok, he told him off for putting himself in danger. then he proceeded to scream at the driver who blocked him and caused all this trouble.
This man may not have the best manners (as is common in people from that area) but it seems he was not trying to hurt anyone."

@yedl

"I’m maskim. I watched the video again and it seems you’re right. The taxi was blocking the road and he swerved around it, hitting the guy bowing in the road, with a black leather jacket, not seeing him.

And he had a gun. If this was the other way around, the leather jacket guy and all bystanders would be killed by the ramming and the gunfire. The tractor driver was clearly NOT a terrorist.

I apologize for calling him a Rodef."

riva

Participant

"Firstly, I’d like to make something clear since I am a Hareidi 67-year-old wife, grandmother, and “SETTLER” LIVING OVER THE GREEN LINE FOR OVER 33 YEARS! This conversation is absolutely terrible and VERY VERY MEAN/FORBIDDEN TO SAY ABOUT YOUR FELLOW JEW who is doing Mesert Nefesh by living in a part of Israel which protects it and develops the land which is ours!! There is no violent “settler” movement that I know of going on there in all the years I lived here. IF and I mean IF a few guys engaged in violence against Arabs, you can bet they had a good reason (although I do not encourage people to break the law) because the fact is that Arab terrorist attacks and lots of murder against Jews LIVING OVER THE GREEN Line have been ongoing since before I lived here. We’re dealing with many evil goyim, make no mistake, and THIS LAND IS OURS! To quote Arutz 7:

Once again, we are witnessing videos that serve the “settler violence” campaign-a campaign that raises its head whenever the left identifies an opportunity for diplomatic pressure that could lead to further Israeli withdrawals. BLOOD LIBEL! The purpose of the blood-libel campaign against the Jews living in Judea and Samaria (labeled in English “settlers” but who really should be called “inheritors of the land”) is to serve as a tool in the hands of those demanding their uprooting and expulsion from Judea and Samaria and the establishment of an Arab terror state in the heart of our land.
I highly enourage all of you who have said nasty things about “settlers,” you fellow Jews to learn the laws of Loshen Hora and start caring about each and every Jew if you really want Mossiach to ever come."

chaim_baruch

Participant

"To all those NK Kapos voicing their outrage at Zionist settler violence against the bloodthirsty Muslims. Do Tshuva now before it’s too late! You are in great danger of losing your place in Olam Haba if you haven’t already. The Moshiah is coming very soon and when he does, he will ask you all. Why did you forsake your brothers and side with the enemies of Klal Yisrael? And when you have no words because of your shame, you will go the way of Korach and his band of rebels."

Police Investigator Reveals: “This Is How We Tried to Frame Netanyahu”

 The District Court hearing in the cases against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday revealed more shocking police improprieties and illegal actions confirmed in testimony by a police investigator.

It was revealed during the hearing that Israel Police and the prosecution obtained wiretapping warrants in Case 1000 by misleading the court to believe that investigators were examining particularly serious suspicions—bribery and money laundering—even though these suspicions were not part of the case and had never been authorized for investigation by then-Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit.

Former police officer Michal Elam—who served in the Intelligence Assessment Division of Lahav 433 and investigated Cases 1000 and 2000—revealed a series of investigative actions carried out without being reported in real time to the Attorney General and without being disclosed to the defense.

She testified in court that numerous individuals connected to the prime minister were illegally wiretapped. She described the scope of the warrants as exceptionally broad and acknowledged that they were not transferred to the defense and were not disclosed to the court. She also admitted that she searched the mobile phone of Netanyahu’s aide, Perach Lerner, without a valid search warrant, during which she looked, among other things, for correspondence involving senior politicians—including Ayelet Shaked and Yuli Edelstein—without authorization.

During cross-examination, she was asked who else was wiretapped besides Natan Eshel, and she claimed that she doesn’t remember but confirmed that it was “dozens of people.”

Israeli Police Return Holocaust Survivor’s Lost Dog Following Break-In

 

After a burglary at her home in Jaffa, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor was heartbroken when her beloved dog Charlie went missing.

Israeli police went on the hunt and later found him and reunited them in a deeply emotional moment.

Spielberg Uses Schindler’s List Money to Fund Anti-Israel Protests

 

“Let Gaza live,” a mob of anti-Israel protesters screamed, brandishing signs falsely accusing the Jewish State of “ethnic cleansing”, “starving Gaza” and genocide while illegally blocking traffic outside the Israeli consulate in Midtown Manhattan.

The only thing more disgusting than the ugly spectacle, which had been timed around a Hamas famine propaganda campaign over the summer, was that one of the hate groups behind the anti-Israel protest, which ended in arrests, was funded by proceeds from Schindler’s List.

When Steven Spielberg created the Righteous Persons Foundation with some of the profits from Schindler’s List, he wanted to educate people about the Holocaust and build up Jewish life in America. “I could not accept any money from ‘Schindler’s List’ — if it even made any money. It was blood money, and needed to be put back into the Jewish community.”

Bnei Brak "Tzaddik" Arrested for Selling Fake Vaccines

 

 Yesterday, a 65 year old resident of Bnei Brak was arrested for selling fake vaccines and cures for Measles. He was selling pills and drops and claimed to his clients that it was a replacement for measles vaccine, and that the medications prevent or cure the disease.

The Health Ministry warns of the dangers of taking such unlicensed potions as a replacement for vaccines - which puts children and adults at risk.

2 Charedi Women Arrested For Smuggling 96 Kg Of Khat Into Czech Republic

 

Be ready for a major "Pidyan Shevuim" campaign with all Gedoilei Yisrael endorsing this great mitzvah! 

Two young charedi women in their twenties, residents of central Israel, were arrested this week at Prague’s international airport in the Czech Republic after a large quantity of khat was found in their suitcases—about 48 kilograms each, for a total of 96 kilograms.

According to a statement by local customs authorities and police, the goods were discovered during a routine inspection of the luggage. The value of the seized quantity is estimated at tens of thousands of euros. Immediately after the discovery, the two women were taken into custody at a detention facility in Prague.

Details of the investigation indicate that the two did not act alone but were allegedly used as couriers for an organized smuggling network. Investigators believe that a well-known Israeli dealer, who is under police surveillance, recruited them to transport the shipment to the Czech market.

Law enforcement officials estimate that the primary target market for khat in Prague is among immigrant communities from African countries, where the plant is considered highly sought-after for regular consumption.

The families of the suspects have contacted Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting urgent assistance. The department for Israelis abroad stated that the Israeli consulate in Prague is handling the matter and is in contact with local authorities to monitor their condition and provide assistance as permitted under local law.

The current incident joins a series of similar cases: about four months ago, two charedi youths aged 19 were arrested in Germany after attempting to smuggle approximately 50 kilograms of khat in a rented car. The two were released from detention this week.

2,000 Attend Netanyahu Appearance at Bal Harbour Shul

 

The Oilim singing "yomim " the song sung for a king!

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was welcomed Wednesday afternoon into the Bal Harbour Shul under heavy security, with nearly 2,000 people in attendance at the time of his arrival.

As Netanyahu entered the synagogue, chants of “Yamim al yemei melech” were heard from the crowd.

Among those present were Leo Terrell, Rep. Randy Fine, and Steven Meiner, Senator Ashley Moody, Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins, and former Bal Harbour Mayor Gabe Groisman, along with numerous other high-profile political, civic and community leaders.

Authorities said the extensive security measures reflect the size of the crowd and the high-profile nature of the visit.