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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

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WATCH – THE NEW FACE OF BLM... Daunte Wright's Last Video Post

 Check out Daunte Wright’s last video. 

This video of Daunte Wright flashing his unregistered handgun while smoking a blunt is one of the last videos he ever recorded. 

Wright was wanted on a warrant when he attempted to flee by car yesterday after being stopped by police near Minneapolis. Wright was in the process of getting arrested for a weapons charge & escaping police (on top of already having a warrant for his arrest) before he was killed yesterday by police.

Daunte Wright is the new face of BLM, as BLM claims Wright was killed for being Black.

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Israeli Study "a cup of yogurt can ‘cure’ your case of COVID-19"

 

Pre-clinical research by Israeli scientists, published in Microbiome, indicates that Kefir could be used to treat cytokine storms caused by coronavirus.

Can a cup of probiotic yogurt help save the lives of people with COVID-19?

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev say they have identified molecules in kefir that are effective at treating various inflammatory conditions, including “cytokine storms” caused by COVID-19. Kefir, which is similar to yogurt but thinner in consistency, is a fermented drink made by inoculating cow’s or goat’s milk with microorganism mixtures, such as yeast and bacteria.

A cytokine storm is when the body’s immune system goes into overdrive and attacks itself – one of the leading causes of death in COVID-19 patients.

The research was conducted by PhD student Orit Malka and Prof. Raz Jelinek, vice president and dean for research and development at BGU. It was recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Microbiome.

Several years before the coronavirus pandemic, Malka noticed that yogurt had a therapeutic effect and began studying it in Jelinek’s lab, Jelinek told The Jerusalem Post. They identified molecules in the yogurt that had dramatic antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

“One of the main reasons people die of COVID is the cytokine storm,” Jelinek said. “Cytokines are immune molecules that are designed to help the body fight invaders like viruses. But in certain circumstances, and scientists don’t know exactly why, the body goes into a sort of overdrive and secretes many cytokines – so many that it kills you. That is what happens during COVID.”

“We knew that we had found these molecules in yogurt with anti-inflammatory properties,” he said. “So, when COVID started, we said, Let’s see if these molecules can help against cytokine storms.”

More at The Jerusalem Post

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Media cheers a return to the failed Iran deal

 


A Monday New York Times front page headline on the explosion at a key Iranian nuclear facility claimed the “Attack May Hurt Efforts to Reboot 2015 Deal.” On Tuesday, also on the front page, the paper declared that “Israel’s Role in Iran Blast Casts A Shadow on U.S. Nuclear Talks”

Get it? Making a new deal with Iran is a very good thing, anything that hurts the chance is a very bad thing, including Israel. 

Here’s an alternative view: the Times is still drinking the Kool-Aid that the original Iranian nuclear pact was a success and is worth saving. To committed dead enders, Iran’s violations of the terms and spread of regional terrorism are irrelevant.

The cult surrounding the deal at the Gray Lady includes the paper’s editorial board. Its Saturday screed, written before the weekend attack, began by saying “There exists now a brief window of time” for President Biden to reach a new accord. The reason: Iranian moderates could be gone by summer. Ah, yes, Iranian moderates, the unicorns that only blinkered leftists can see. So let’s hurry and make a deal, any deal.

The Times, of course, spews a lot of nonsense that is safely ignored, but this time it’s singing in harmony with Biden. The president is so eager to rejoin the pact Donald Trump wisely scuttled that he’s willing to help pin the blame on Israel for the sabotage of the underground facility at Natanz. With initial speculation that the U.S. and Israel cooperated on the attack, as they had in a cyber attack in 2010, the White House quickly denied any role in the operation, which knocked out all power to the centrifuges. “The U.S. was not involved in any manner,” press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday. 

So much for the usual diplomatic ambiguity that would protect an ally and give the U.S. more flexibility when it is questioned in the future about classified operations.

But Biden clearly has no interest in protecting Israel’s likely role. On the contrary, he’s served notice in numerous ways that the full American embrace the Jewish state enjoyed in the Trump years is history.

Indeed, the efforts to separate from Israel and woo Iran illustrate how Biden is determined to breathe new life into the foreign policies of the Obama-Biden administration, even the failures. Chief among them is casting Israel as more of an obstacle to peace than a unique friend and ally.

A clear example is that Biden’s already given the Palestinians two gifts — hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and the heckler’s veto over America’s policies on their dispute with Israel. Trump had stopped the payments in part because some of the money went to salaries for the families of terrorists. Besides, Palestinian leaders refused even to talk to the Trump team, so why should they get rewarded with American cash. They shouldn’t but, incredibly, neither of those issues seems to bother Biden. Full speed backwards.

As for the Abraham Accords, the historic alliance between Israel and four Muslim nations, a new State Department spokesman couldn’t even bring himself to say the official name of the agreements. Had Trump been re-elected, it’s probable the Saudis would have signed on and gone public with their secret Israeli ties, perhaps even agreeing to full diplomatic recognition. That would be an unprecedented seismic shift, yet Biden began his administration by insulting the Crown Prince by saying he would only talk to the King

He also cut our military support for the kingdom’s war in Yemen against the Houthis, a terror group that has been attacking Saudi oil fields.

The Houthis themselves offer a window into Biden’s strange priorities. Although — or perhaps because — the Houthis are funded and armed mostly by Iran, he removed the terror designation that Trump imposed on the group in the waning days of his administration. Trump’s action was a slap at Iran and a gift to Saudi Arabia, and Biden has reversed that. Again, why?

Still, the timing of the Natanz explosion is important, coming just after Iranian and US negotiators had their first round of meetings. With much of the Israeli press assuming it was a Mossad operation, the Times and Biden seem to have concluded the goal was to thwart progress that could lead to a new nuclear pact. They could be right, but here’s another, more likely possibility. Israel doesn’t trust Biden to make a good deal or Iran to abide by any restrictions. Therefore, Israel acted to set back the mullahs’ nuke program while it had an opening and before it was too late. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, “I will never allow Iran to obtain the nuclear capability to carry out its genocidal goal of eliminating Israel.”

Whether the United States still shares that commitment is unclear. That doubt is a formula for trouble that already has emboldened Iran and led Israel to act without waiting for American approval or help.

by Michael Goodwin

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Biden's "Buddy" Iran .... Trying To Lure Israelis Abroad, Kidnap Them

 

Iranian Fake Profile

Iranian intelligence agents have been engaging in efforts to lure Israelis abroad in order to kidnap or harm them, a joint statement from the Shin Bet and Mossad said on Monday.

The agents’ modus operandi is to open fake Instagram accounts, mainly of females in the tourism industry. The “women” contact Israelis with international business ties who often travel abroad with invitations for meetings for business or social purposes.

The agencies warned Israelis who travel abroad to beware of invitations from unknown social media accounts.

At least one such incident almost occurred two months ago, when an Israeli traveled abroad for a meeting at which Iranian intelligence agents were lying in wait for him. The Shin Bet managed to contact the man on an intermediate stop to switch flights and convinced him to return to Israel.

“This is a well-known action pattern similar to the one carried out by Iran in the past against regime opponents in Europe,” the agencies stated. “Now, Iran is acting similarly against Israeli citizens seeking to develop legitimate business ties abroad in the countries mentioned.”

“There is a real fear that this activity by Iranian elements will lead to attempts to harm Israelis or abduct them.”

“Security officials call on Israeli citizens who maintain business ties abroad to be aware and vigilant about inquiries on social networks from profiles they do not recognize, and to avoid contact with them.”

The countries that Israelis had been invited to for nefarious purposes include Arab countries, the Gulf states, Turkey, and countries in the Caucasus, Africa, and Europe.

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Israel: No Masks Required Outdoors From Next Week

 

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of the Health Ministry’s Public Health division, said on Tuesday that beginning next week Israelis will not be required to wear face masks outdoors, Ynet reported.

“According to the latest data, when it comes to outdoors – but not during public gatherings – masks can come off starting next week,” she said.

“But masks will have to stay in our bags at all times since it is still mandatory to wear them indoors. We don’t know if someone next to us is infected or not, vaccinated or not, and closed spaces still pose a high risk.”

“For over two weeks, 95% of Israel has been ‘green;’ this is a tremendous achievement,” Alroy-Preis added.

“Our goal is to open [the economy] as quickly as possible, return to normalcy – but still be cautious. The virus is still here.”

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Israel pays tribute to fallen soldiers, victims of terrorism

 

Israel on Wednesday paid tribute to its fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, with a series of ceremonies nationwide.

Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day was ushered in on 8 p.m. Tuesday, as a one-minute siren blared across the Jewish state, bringing it to a standstill in memory of the 23,928 fallen soldiers and terror victims who have died since 1860.

The siren at was immediately followed by the state ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

A two-minute, siren will again wail nationwide at 11 a.m. Wednesday. It will be followed by the state Memorial Day service at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, as well as smaller events in Israel's 52 military cemeteries and at memorial sites across the country.

At 11.02 a.m. a special missing man formation aerial salute will fly over Mount Herzl to honor the fallen.

The ceremony honoring victims of terrorist attacks will be held in Jerusalem at 1 p.m.

According to the Defense Ministry, since last Memorial Day, 112 new names were added to the somber list of those who died defending the country since 1860.

Of them, 43 were IDF soldiers, police officers, and civilians, and 69 were disabled veterans who passed away due to complications of injuries sustained during their military service.

The Defense Ministry's figures include all security forces members who died during their service over the past year, including as a result of accidents, suicide, or illness.

According to National Insurance Institute data the number of civilians killed in terrorist attacks since Israel's inception in 1948 stands at 4,159. This figure includes 120 foreign nationals, who were killed in terrorist attacks in Israel and 100 Israelis who were murdered in attacks overseas.

The hostilities have left 3,262 orphans including 121 who have lost both parents, 800 widows and widowers, and 975 bereaved parents who are still with us.

Memorial Day will come to a close with a ceremony slated to take place on Mount Herzl at 8 p.m. Wednesday, ushering in Israel's 73rd Independence Day.

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Gov. Cuomo Attended Sukkos Event And Said “These People And Their (Expletive) Tree-Houses”


 In an article highlighting NY Governor Cuomo’s rise to power and his political career, NY Times Journalist Maggie Haberman writes that Cuomo reportedly voiced his frustration with a campaign appearance during his run for Attorney General in 2006.

Haberman says Cuomo was attending an event on Sukkos, and said “These people and their (expletive removed) tree houses,” Cuomo said to his team, according to The Times.

A spokesman for the Governor denied the comment.

“His two sisters married Jewish men, and he has the highest respect for Jewish traditions,” the spokesman said.

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Malka Leifer's lawyers Looking to Drag Her Alleged Victims Through the Mud


 Lawyers for Malka Leifer, the former ultra-orthodox school principal accused of dozens of child sex offences, have said the "home life" of her alleged victims may be probed, as they seek to test the evidence against her.

Ms Leifer today fronted the Melbourne Magistrates' Court facing 74 charges of child sex abuse, including multiple counts of rape, indecent assault and sexual penetration of a child.

The allegations have been levelled against the 54-year-old by three sisters — Dassi Erlich, Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper — who attended the Adass Israel School in Elsternwick while Ms Leifer was headmistress.

Ms Leifer has long maintained her innocence.

Today the Melbourne Magistrates' Court heard that 10 witnesses will be called to test the evidence against Ms Leifer.

The administrative hearing was only Ms Leifer's second appearance since she was extradited from Israel earlier this year.

She appeared by videolink from the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, which is Victoria's maximum-security women's prison, wearing a blue jumper, a white shirt and a white head covering.

Ms Leifer was supported by her brother, who watched proceedings from Israel, where it was early in the morning.

She spoke sparingly, only acknowledging that she could hear the proceedings.

Her lawyer, Tony Hargreaves, told the court that any cross-examination would be done with "as much care as possible".

"Clearly the relationship that the three complainants had with their parents, in particular their mother, it would seem is the genesis for the relationship between the accused and the complainants," Mr Hargreaves told the court.

Malka Leifer's accusers, Nicole Meyer, Elly Sapper and Dassi Erlich

"We may wish to ask the witnesses about … what was happening at home with the complainants," he said.

"…It will be limited and it may be that counsel chooses not to pursue that avenue."

Ms Leifer will face a five-day hearing in September.

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Chusid Shouts "Go to Hell" At Canadian Covid Restrictions

 

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