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Hamas and its terrorist allies have launched more than 1,000 rockets and missiles from Gaza, targeting Israeli civilians. In response, Israel has conducted airstrikes on military targets and terror-group leaders — which is the least any nation would do.
It’s the most violent escalation between the two sides since 2014, but it’s entirely Hamas’ fault.
Lefties around the globe are again condemning Israel for its self-defense. But as Lior Haiat of its Foreign Affairs Ministry noted Wednesday, Israel is “targeting those terrorists specifically” and “in an accurate and measured way.”
So far, the count is 14 senior Hamas commanders and officials dead, plus at least 25 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives.
Civilian deaths include seven Israelis, one a child, while Palestinian authorities report 14 kids among 56 civilian deaths. But some of those Palestinian casualties are from the rockets, a fifth of which are landing short in densely populated parts of Gaza. Others are the result of the terrorists intentionally basing themselves near civilians.
The pretext for Hamas’ attacks, Jonathan S. Tobin noted in these pages, are ginned-up concerns about mosques on the Temple Mount and a complex East Jerusalem property dispute. But the real reason is that Hamas and its allies are testing President Joe Biden, to see what Israeli concessions or Washington payoffs might be achievable now that Donald Trump is out of office.
Sadly, Biden is calling on “both sides” to show restraint and intimating that his administration favors the Palestinians in the property dispute. In short, even as he’s supporting Israel’s right to defend itself, he’s signaling that Hamas will be rewarded for what in any other context would count as war crimes.
And that, sadly, guarantees that Hamas & Co. will soon be back for more.
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A homeless woman was arrested on Wednesday for the hammer attack on two Asian women in Hell’s Kitchen earlier this month, police said.
Ebony Jackson, 37, was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing in the chilling May 4th incident, cops said.
The victims were walking on 42nd Street near 9th Avenue at around 8:40 p.m. when the stranger approached them and yelled “Take off your mask!”
She then allegedly swung a hammer at the women, hitting one of them on the left side of the face, according to the NYPD.
The 31-year-old victim suffered a gash on her forehead and was treated at NYU Langone Hospital.
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If the media could take a break from obsessing over the House Republicans choosing a new conference chair, they might have noticed that Joe Biden’s presidency is falling apart.
On every major front, Biden is flailing — even by the depressingly low bar set for him by the Washington press corps.
April just saw the highest rate of inflation in 13 years, according to the Department of Labor. Prices for everything, including food and gasoline, immediately skyrocketed after Biden’s $2 trillion welfare scheme (sometimes referred to as a “stimulus package”) went into effect and flooded the economy with more money than anyone knows what to do with.
Biden’s preoccupation? Spending even more.
The unemployment rate actually went up from March to April, even as Biden bragged that he’s the one responsible for mass vaccinations that are, at least in theory, supposed to be moving people back into the workforce. But no, his extension of the obscene amount of federal unemployment benefits has would-be workers choosing to sit pretty at home cashing government checks. Those benefits don’t end for another four months, assuming they aren’t extended again (you can never assume anything with Nancy Pelosi in charge).
Fuel is running out in several states after the US fell under attack from what appears to be a Russia-based cyber-hacking group that locked up one of the East Coast’s major fuel pipelines.
The White House response to the crippling of a critical energy supply has been to throw its hands up and say, “Sorry, but the pipeline is a private company.” Whaddaya do?
After acknowledging how “seriously” Biden took the matter, he said Monday at the White House that his administration is “committed to safeguarding our critical infrastructure.” But, he added, “much of [it] is privately owned and managed, like Colonial. Private entities are making their own determination on cybersecurity.”
The media expected former President Trump to micromanage every state’s response to the pandemic. Biden is given a complete pass on a devastating attack on a major artery of our energy supply.
Last month saw yet another increase in the number of migrants illegally crossing the wide open border. In February, the first full month of Biden’s presidency, border agents encountered 100,000 migrants at the border. In March, it was another 173,000. In April, 179,000. Those numbers are higher than in any month of Trump’s presidency.
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More than 120 retired generals and admirals have published an open letter questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election as well as President Biden’s fitness to be commander-in-chief.
The letter, which was first reported by Politico, bears the heading of a group calling itself “Flag Officers 4 America” and claims the United States “is in deep peril” and Americans are “in a fight for our survival as a Constitutional Republic like no other time since our founding in 1776.”
Among the letter’s 126 signatories are retired Rear Adm. John Poindexter, who spent a year as national security adviser under Ronald Reagan and was convicted of lying to Congress and obstructing the congressional investigation of the Iran-Contra affair (the conviction was later reversed), and retired Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, who spent five years as deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence under George W. Bush and is now executive vice president of the Family Research Council.
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Homicide Detectives needs your help identifying these two persons of interest in connection with the murder of Mr. Ephraim Gordon. Anyone with information is urged to contact detectives at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1866-7-LockUp pic.twitter.com/yRhVDEsGcv
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) May 12, 2021
Baltimore police is requesting the public’s help in identifying the two men wanted in connection with the murder of Ephraim Gordon.
Gordon, who was visiting from Israel, was gunned down in the early morning hours of May 3 on the steps of his aunt and uncle’s home in the 3700 block of Ford’s Lane. He later died at an area hospital.
In the footage released by Police, the two suspects are seen on film walking through a gas station.
Anyone with information is urged to contact detectives at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1866-7-LockUp.
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You'd think that someone who hid in the Capitol bathroom fearing for her life would have a little more sympathy for millions of Israelis hiding in bomb shelters fearing for their lives https://t.co/8XL7qRSmtA
— Punked Fakert (@PunkedFakert) May 12, 2021
די שטוב ווי דאס 6 יעריג קינד איז געהארגט געווארן דורך א ראקעט ה"י השם ינקום דמו pic.twitter.com/RjK4ERS1Wv
— Hasidic2 (@hasidic_1) May 12, 2021
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“I would have killed all the Jews of the world … but I kept some to show the world why I killed them,” Malik tweeted Tuesday.
She also tweeted “#IronDome is doomed” with a laughing emoji, referencing Israel’s missile defense system, which has been overwhelmed by rockets fired from Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
By Wednesday afternoon, she erased all but one of the tweets. The only remaining one about the conflict was a retweet of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urging the “international community” to “take immediate action to protect the Palestinian people and their rights.”
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Itamar Glazer lives in the heart of Tel Aviv and fits the profile of the typical resident of his bohemian neighborhood but that didn’t stop him from visiting Bnei Brak last week to comfort the families of Meron victims, Ynet reported.
He took a bus from Tel Aviv to Bnei Brak, and in 15 minutes he arrived at the home of the family of Menachem Zakbach, z’l, after stopping on the way to buy two cakes with a Badatz hechsher. “At first I felt a little uncomfortable,” Itamar told Ynet. “I was a stranger and they were strangers to me. I didn’t even put on a kippah because I didn’t have one. But when Menachem’s father saw me, he immediately spoke to me and said that of all the visitors, he’s most moved to see me.”
“At a certain point, we simply hugged and cried together and I remember that I told myself that what a shame that I missed out on these people my entire life. It wasn’t like going to eat cholent in Mea Shearim and returning home. This was sitting opposite a bereaved father and speaking about life, without anyone trying to change anyone. We saw that ultimately we’re not so different.”
Further down the street lives the Levy family, who lost their son in the disaster, Moshe, z’l, only 14. As soon as Itamar entered, the bereaved father asked him to sit next to him. “He told me: ‘You already accomplished what you wanted.'”
“‘What did I want?’ I asked, and he responded: ‘You came to unite.’ I told him that I came to identify with his pain. He answered: ‘Thousands of visitors from the Chareidi community came here but davka you, who wasn’t obligated to come, shows how much we’re on the same side.’ I’ll never forget the things he told me,” Itamar said.
Until now, Itamar knew Chareidim mainly from his service in the army during Operation Protective Edge. “The ones that came in a van to give out candies, cigarettes, and little Sifrei Tehillim,” he said.
“They say that Tel Avivians live in a bubble, that they’re cut off and light-years away from the Chareidim. It’s true that I’ve lived in Tel Aviv for the past two years but I’m originally from Maalot. There, when someone is sitting shiva, the entire city comes. It’s a place of togetherness. That’s how I grew up.”
Following Itamar’s visit to Bnei Brak, he posted about it on Facebook, encouraging others to visit as well. “The number of messages I got from people telling me they went to visit the bereaved families and comfort them warms my heart,” Itamar said. “They came from the north and the south to Bnei Brak and Jerusalem just to show their support.”
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When will we learn? When?
Look at "Langeh Rekkel" Eichenstein smiling like a "chulent bean" posing with Yang. Look at the "Tuchis-Lekker" Kalman Yeger the Jewish naive fool embracing the Sewer Rat!
And the Moisdois....endorsing candidates? Is this all about money? We didn't forget when not too long ago, they were fawning and salivating over DeBlassio and Cuomo.. and then they unceremoniously kicked them in the proverbial ass.
I'm sick I'm running to vomit ...
NYC Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang got himself into a real mess the past 48 hours. It started with a tweet with his support for Israel on Monday night:
“I’m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists. The people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere.”
But on Tuesday, Yang was accosted by a group of pro-Palestinian protesters while conducting a press conference, who demanded to know why he didn’t support Palestinians.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat who has condemned the “occupation of Palestine,” called Mr. Yang’s statement “utterly shameful,” noting that it came during Ramadan.
AOC wrote: “Utterly shameful for Yang to try to show up to an Eid event after sending out a chest-thumping statement of support for a strike killing 9 children, especially after his silence as Al-Aqsa was attacked.”
She added, “But then to try that in Astoria? During Ramadan?! They will let you know.”
Apparently, Yang couldn’t handle the social media campaign, or, he simply doesn’t REALLY support Israel. So on Wednesday morning, flip-flopping Yang released a statement singing a totally different tune, and apologized to Palestinians.
But the social media smackdown continued on Wednesday night, when Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman fired off a tweet slamming Yang:
“Oh please. Did you really need to apologize for standing with Israel against anti Semitic, misogynistic, homophobic terrorists and thugs. When did that become so controversial? If I still lived in NY you would have lost my vote with this mea culpa.”
The Boro Park Mosdos recently endorsed Yang as well as three Orthodox Jewish prominent elected officials, including NYC Councilman Kalman Yeger, Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, and Assemblymember Daniel Rosenthal.
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