The PA's Most Dangerous Enemy is Archaeology

by Stephen M. Flatow

Pundits will tell you that the most dangerous enemies of the Palestinian Arab cause are the Gulf kingdoms that have decided to recognize Israel, or the European countries that are moving their embassies to Jerusalem, or the American politicians who refuse to keep underwriting the Palestinian Authority's debts.

I disagree. I say that the Palestinians' most formidable foe is … archaeology.

A 2,000-years-old mikvah (ritual bath) was recently uncovered in the Lower Galilee. Most people probably would never have heard about the discovery if not for the dramatic photos of the entire structure being carried by truck to a nearby kibbutz for preservation.

The remarkable sight of a truck-borne mikvah, however, also makes one pause and reflect on the remarkable implications of the archeological find.

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Trump promises all Americans free access to same experimental COVID drugs he got

  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery from COVID-19 and suggested his diagnosis could be a “blessing in disguise” for the nation’s battle against the pandemic .

In a new White House video posted Wednesday evening, Trump said his illness had shed light on an experimental antibody cocktail that he credited for his improved condition. Seemingly sensitive to the fact that his treatment course is far from that received by average Americans, he promised to swiftly get the drugs approved for use — and for free — even though he does not have the power to order that himself.

“I want everybody to be given the same treatment as your president, because I feel great,” Trump said from the Rose Garden. “I feel like perfect.”

Trump received an experimental antiviral cocktail made by Regeneron through a “compassionate use” exemption, a recognition of the above-and-beyond standard of care he receives as president. The safety and effectiveness of the drug have not yet been proven. Most people recover from COVID-19.

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Doctor, 28, who died from COVID-19 wore same mask for ‘weeks if not months’

 A 28-year-old doctor who died fighting COVID-19 had been wearing the same mask at the Houston hospital where she worked for “weeks if not months” when she became infected with the illness, her family said.

Dr. Adeline Fagan, who was from Syracuse, started experiencing symptoms while doing a rotation in July treating coronavirus patients at HCA Houston Healthcare West, the Guardian reported.

It’s unclear how she became infected, but her family believes that her alleged lack of proper PPE likely played a role.

“Adeline had an N95 mask and had her name written on it,” her sister, Maureen Fagan, told the outlet.

“Adeline wore the same N95 for weeks and weeks, if not months and months.”

Adeline, who was a second-year OB-GYN resident, quarantined at home after testing positive for the virus, but her sister urged her to go to the hospital when she noticed her lips had turned blue.

For two weeks, the hospital attempted to treat her failing lungs with supplemental oxygen, the outlet reported.

But she was ultimately transferred to another hospital, where she was placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, or ECMO.

Her family said she appeared to show improvement, but then they received the news last month that she had suffered a massive brain bleed and required emergency surgery.

“The doctor said they have seen this type of event in COVID patients that spend time on ECMO,” her family wrote on a GoFundMe page.

They said they were told there was a “1 in a million” chance of her making it through the procedure, which could result in severe cognitive and sensory problems if she survived.

“We spent the remaining minutes hugging, comforting, and talking to Adeline,” the family wrote. “And then the world stopped.”

A spokesperson for the hospital where she worked said colleagues were “heartbroken” by the doctor’s death.

But the facility’s chief medical officer, Dr. Emily Sedgwick, denied allegations that staffers are required to constantly reuse their PPE.

“Our protocol, based on CDC guidance, includes colleagues turning in their N95 masks at the conclusion of each shift, and receiving another mask at the beginning of their next shift,” she told the Guardian.

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Pence effectively went after Harris — and a very biased moderator

by Michael Goodwin

 Going into Wednesday’s showdown, Mike Pence had two big jobs. One, to defend the Trump administration’s record, especially its response to the pandemic. Two, convincingly paint the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket as the most radical national nominees a major party has ever put forward.

Mission accomplished. Pence is a skilled and disciplined debater, and his understated manner masks a killer instinct. He was always good, terrific at times and put on a clinic in how to methodically carve up an opponent.

Whether it matters in the big scheme of things is a separate question.

Maybe a little, which is to say not nearly enough to change the dynamics of the race.

Pence seemed hesitant initially, but quickly rose to the moment and grew increasingly better at seizing openings and turning around biased questions from moderator Susan Page to go on offense. By the end of the evening, he had clearly won the debate.

He did it by nailing the inconsistencies of Biden’s varying positions on taxes, fracking and fossil fuels in ways that highlighted the ways the Democrats have created a fog about what they would do if they win. After Harris promised that on “Day One, Joe will repeal” the Trump administration’s 2017 tax cuts, Pence responded: “She just told you, on Day One, Joe Biden’s going to raise your taxes.'”

On China, he delivered the hammer, saying: “Joe Biden’s been a cheerleader for Communist China over the last several decades.”

He also succeeded at laying out Harris’ voting record as being “more liberal than Bernie ­Sanders’.”

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Germany All Over Again? Chassidic Jews Refused Entry at Newburgh, NY Bowling Alley

The repercussions of NY Governor Cuomo’s verbal assault yesterday on the Hasidic and other Orthodox Jewish communities are already beginning to appear.

A Newburg based bowling alley refused service to a number of Orthodox Jewish families on Thursday afternoon. This was less than 24 hours after the governor’s controversial speech and draconian measures limiting synagogue services to ten people per synagogue in what he termed “red zones.”

Approximately twenty un-related and un-connected families tried to go bowling when rain forced them to change their Chol HaMoed plans. Slightly after 2:15PM near Newburgh, NY, it began to rain.

One family related their version of what had transpired:

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Heshy Tischler the "Jewish Al Sharpton" Provoking Violence Against Fellow Frum Jews .... Crowd Calls a Frum Jew "Hitler" & "Nazi"

 

Al Sharpton, the Black antisemite, has a lot to learn from Tischler .... you see Al only instigated violence on whites and never provoked violence on his own black community, whereas Tischler instigates stoning and beating up his own fellow Jews ..... 

Make no mistake the video below isn't "Kristalnacht"in Berlin  NOOOOOO!

This is Boro-Park ... Jew against Jew!

 Jewish Al is always screaming : "Come get me"

I believe that he will finally get his wish!

A reporter and member of the Hasidic community in Borough Park was cornered and threatened Wednesday night as protests against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new restrictions on areas experiencing COVID upticks continued in Borough Park.

Jacob Kornbluh, a Hasidic Jew and a political reporter at Jewish Insider, said in a tweet that he was “brutally assaulted, hit in the head and kicked at by an angry crowd of hundreds of community members of the Boro Park protest.” Kornbluh said he planned to press charges.

 

He said Heshy Tischler, a local figure who has become a leader of the movement to defy COVID restrictions, had “ordered the crowd to chase me down the street.”

 

Video posted to Twitter by Jake Offenhartz, a reporter for Gothamist, showed a large crowd gathered around Kornbluh with Tischler at the center, shouting in Kornbluh’s face while unmasked. “You’re a moser,” Tischler is seen screaming. “Everybody scream moser!”

 

“Moser” is a Jewish legal term for one who informs on Jews to the secular authorities, and some Jewish legal authorities suggest that a “moser” is subject to the death penalty. 

 

Kornbluh and Mordy Getz, a Hasidic businessman, had been called “mosers” in an anonymous flyer that circulated in April after they spoke out about the need to wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines. Tischler had called Kornbluh a “moser” and a “rat” in a video he posted to Instagram earlier Wednesday from a cemetery.

 

The incident comes just one day after Getz’s brother, also a member of the Hasidic community, was beaten up after taking videos of Tuesday night’s protests. The conflicts and the protests mark a new defiant phase in the Hasidic Orthodox community’s response to government-imposed restrictions due to the pandemic.

 

Where Tuesday night’s protest targeted New York authorities who are cracking down on large gatherings, including at synagogues, and mask-wearing, Wednesday’s protest looked and felt more like a rally to support President Donald Trump. People at the event carried large Trump flags and signs.

 

“I want to thank the police officers who helped us so much tonight. Blue lives matter,” Tischler said, speaking from a stage over a sound system to loud cheers. 

 

By 11 pm, police attempted to disperse the large crowd but many refused to leave the area.

 

Tischler publicized the gathering  on social media Tuesday night and Wednesday as a show of civil disobedience to counter new restrictions announced by Cuomo in areas with upticks in cases of COVID-19.

 

Several Jewish political leaders immediately tweeted in support of Kornbluh. “What an embarrassment/Chilul HaShem. Disgusting behavior!” Jason Greenblatt, the former White House Middle East envoy, wrote, using the Hebrew term for desecration of God’s name.

 

“Reprehensible attack–instigated by a CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL–against a courageous journalist who has dared to stand up for public health throughout this pandemic,”

 

Mark Levine, a member of the New York City Council, wrote. “There must be accountability for this vile act.”

Trump Will Override Closing of Shuls by Governors

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Chassidim Stone One of Their Own Because He Is "Pro-Mask"

 

Chassidim in Boro Park attack another Chassid for being pro masks according to reports online and nearly stoned the man to death. 

This is a developing story..... 

Patient in critical condition is what they are saying right now.

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Thugs Attacking Man's Truck Come Face to Face With the 2nd Amendment

 

Meanwhile, in Savannah Georgia... H/t @AlliB77 pic.twitter.com/01PhTY6vTk

— M3thods (@M2Madness) October 5, 2020

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Israeli TV 24 Crew Stoned ... by Extremists in Bet Shemesh "Bet"

 

*תקיפה אלימה של צוות חדשות 24, הסתיים בנזק לרכב 'בניסים'*

צוות חדשות 24 שבא על מנת לסקר את *הקשיים של הציבור החרדי בזמן הקורונה* הותקף קשות ברחוב יהודה הנשיא.

האירוע התחיל בקריאות נאצה מצד הקיצונים, אך כשהצוות ביקש להתקפל הושלכו עליו על ידי הקיצונים וילדיהם אבנים גדולות ומסוכנות, כאשר המבוגרים מעודדים את הילדים להמשיך ולתקוף.

לאחר זמן ארוך והתערבות חרדין מקומיים שפויים, הצוות חולץ.

צוות 'בית שמש חדשות' שנכח באירוע השיב לצלמים חצובה יקרה שנגנבה מהם בזמן התקיפה.

The TV crew of Channel 24 came to the extremist section of Beit Shemesh called "Beit Shemesh Bet" to film the violence perpetrated by the "Aarilich" every single night.. they are protesting the government decision to enforce Corona guidelines .... this section is extremely infected by the virus and the residents have suffered yet they are against any type of restrictions as they do not recognize the government of the State of Israel....the video shows the aftermath of a stoning by the residents. 

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