Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Chareidie Boys from Beit Shemesh including a Gerer Chasid Enlist into the Army to be Givati and Paratroopers
Charedie Boys from Beit Shemesh are on their way to be Givati and paratroopers ▪︎
The program called "Tachlis" has successfully recruited them
Ari Rushatsky, a Gerer Chasid and a resident of Ramat Beit Shemesh IV, is currently enlisting in the paratroopers along with about 120 other ultra-Orthodox young men, as part of the 'Tachals' program.
Watch him talk and the fascinating video clip about the program that succeeded where the IDF failed.
החרדים מבית שמש בדרך לגבעתי ולצנחנים ▪︎ התוכנית שמצליחה במקום שבו צה"ל נכשל
ארי רושצקי חסיד גור ותושב רמת בית שמש ד', מתגייס בימים אלו לצנחנים יחד עם עוד כ-120 בחורים חרדים, במסגרת תכנית 'תכלס'.
צפו בדבריו ובסיקור המרתק אודות התכנית שמצליחה במקום בו צה"ל כשל.
IDF confirms it retrieved bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza, including previously unnamed Alex Dancyg
In a rapid and dramatic operation, the IDF recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages from southern Gaza overnight, marking the quickest such mission amid the ongoing war. The 98th Division expanded its operation in Khan Younis on Sunday, achieving "operational control" over a neighborhood by early Monday. Acting on precise intelligence, combat engineersh located a 10-meter deep tunnel where Hamas had hidden the hostages' bodies behind a false wall. Within 24 hours, the elite Yahalom unit and Shin Bet operatives breached the tunnel’s defenses, uncovering the remains alongside weapons and explosives. The mission followed intense fighting, during which several Hamas guards were killed. The bodies of both the hostages and the dead terrorists were brought back to Israel for identification.
The Israel Defense Forces confirms that it has recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages during an overnight operation in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The hostages are Alex Dancyg, 75, Yagev Buchshtav, 35, Chaim Peri, 79, Yoram Metzger, 80, Nadav Popplewell, 51, and Avraham Munder, 78.
Dancyg and Buchshtav had been confirmed dead by the IDF in late July, while Peri, Metzger and Popplewell were declared dead by the army in early June. The five were believed to have been killed in Khan Younis in early 2024, although the causes of death were not known.
Munder had not been previously declared dead by the IDF, although the army had some information that led it to have concerns for his wellbeing.
With the bodies recovered, the IDF says it will continue to investigate the causes of death, including the possibility that the hostages were killed by Israeli fire.
The IDF says it had accurate intelligence that allowed troops with the 98th Division and members of the Shin Bet security agency to reach a tunnel in Khan Younis and recover the bodies, amid a new offensive in the city in the southern Gaza Strip.
Munder, Dancyg, Peri and Metzger were all abducted by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, while Buchshtav and Popplewell were taken hostage from Kibbutz Nirim.
It is now believed that 105 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of 34 confirmed dead by the IDF.
Hamas released 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released before that. Seven hostages have been rescued alive by troops, and the bodies of 30 hostages have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the military as they tried to escape their captors.
Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014.
CNN slams ‘nearly invisible’ Kamala Harris: ‘She has had a free ride’
CNN host Michael Smerconish threw cold water on Democrats’ enthusiasm for their “nearly invisible” nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, warning that she isn’t “indestructible” and will eventually be “held accountable” for her record and policy positions.
Smerconish took aim at Harris on Saturday for refusing to subject herself to tough questioning from reporters about what she would do as president since she was handed the nomination last month.
“Kamala Harris is not indestructible,” the former Republican and talk radio host said on his weekend CNN program Saturday, adding that the vice president was getting a “free ride.”
“She has served as an undistinguished, nearly invisible vice president.”
Smerconish noted that “there appears no accomplishment she can point to for her most important responsibility, addressing the origin of the border crisis.”
His comments were reported by the news site Mediaite.
“Thus far, Harris has had a free ride,” Smerconish said. “She hasn’t given any media interviews, hasn’t faced voter questioning.”
The host noted that Harris pledged to give an interview with the press by the end of the month, adding: “She said that on August the 8th!”
Smerconish called out Harris for reversing her positions on several issues, including “health care, fracking, weed and the death penalty.”
He also said Harris would soon need to answer for an economic agenda that has so far been met with “mixed reviews.”
“Sooner or later, she’s going to be held accountable and face pressure that she has thus far largely avoided,” Smerconish said.
Smerconish also called for greater scrutiny of Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who may turn out “to have as many warts as [Ohio Sen.] JD Vance.”
He cited a recent CNN report that found that Walz’s 2006 campaign for a congressional seat made false statements about details of his 1995 arrest for drunk and reckless driving.
The Post has sought comment from the Harris-Walz campaign.
CNN’s Smerconish: Kamala Harris Has Had a ‘Free Ride’ from the Media; ‘She Has Served as an Undistinguished, Nearly Invisible Vice President’ pic.twitter.com/CSoB9AlSI9
— Alexandra Datig | Front Page Index 🇺🇸 (@alexdatig) August 17, 2024
Monsey Area Pro-Hamas imam calls on Allah to ‘destroy the Zionist Jews’ in hate-filled sermon
A Rockland County mosque has apologized for hateful statements made by a pro-Hamas imam earlier this month — including calling for the destruction of “Zionist Jews.”
The guest imam delivered the sermon on Aug. 9 at the Islamic Center of Rockland County, in Valley Cottage, touting that Hamas was winning the war in Gaza.
“Oh Allah, destroy the Zionist Jews,” said the imam, who was not identified, according to a translation by Memri TV.
“Oh Allah, seize them with a crushing grip,” he added, saying Hamas will win because of their faith.
With video spreading of the imam’s hateful rhetoric, local Jewish groups and elected officials called on the Islamic center to respond to the statements made in their mosque.
“On August 9, during a sermon at our masjid, a guest imam (prayer leader) delivered several hurtful statements that included a prayer to God for the destruction of Zionist Jews as part of the conflict in Gaza,” the group said in a statement.
“We unequivocally condemn these statements,” they added. “We sincerely apologize for any pain caused by these remarks and will ensure that our platform is not used to promote these types of harmful messages going forward.”
The Jewish Federation and Foundation of Rockland County said it was shocked by the message at their neighbor’s mosque, calling on the community to unite against the “inflammatory and threatening ideas.”
“There is no room for hateful, violent speech like this,” Jewish Federation CEO Ari Rosenblum said.
“It is more than alarming; it is threatening to the overwhelming majority of our community who identify with the self-determination of the Jewish people in our ancestral homeland.”
Rosenblum said the situation was especially heartbreaking given that the mosque has often been a partner with local synagogues in the past.
US Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-R) also called on the mosque to condemn the “disturbing, violent, and antisemitic rhetoric” made by the imam.
“That is totally unacceptable anywhere, but especially so in Rockland County,” he said, referencing the county’s large Jewish community.
Scott Richman, the regional director of the New York and New Jersey Anti-Defamation League, warned that such hateful speeches in the tri-state area and around the world “only fuels hatred and divides neighbors but can lead to harmful real world consequences.”
Candace Owens’ father-in-law defends Israel
Candace Owens’ father-in-law sought to distance himself from her controversial comments about Jews that have sparked an uproar, prompting social media users to accuse her of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories.
Lord Michael Farmer, the British aristocrat who made his fortune in metal trading, began a lengthy X thread on Monday by writing: “In view of public comments from a high-profile member of my family, I want to put my own views on antisemitism and Israel’s current military campaign in Gaza on public record.”
Farmer, a big-money donor to Conservative Party politicians in the UK, wrote that he was “very aware of the cruelty meted out” against Jews both before and during the World War II period when he came of age.
“The best man at my wedding and life-long friend was Jewish,” Farmer wrote, adding that he valued the “kindness and thoughtfulness from Jewish friends … at a time when I had few close relationships.”
Dems bury an angry, shouting Joe Biden pushing his speech to 11:30 pm in final disgrace Biden threw a lifeline to terror supporters during DNC speech
The Joe Biden show is officially in reruns. Biden even got bumped out of prime time. His speech started at 11:28 p.m., in the hour when old sitcoms run in syndication.
That wasn’t an accident. The first night of the Democratic convention was losers night, featuring Biden and Hillary Clinton along with duds like Kathy Hochul and zealots like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Democrats lined up an endless list of speakers ahead of Biden to push his speech back as far as they could, so as few people as possible would hear it.
The speech itself was written as a celebration of Biden’s accomplishments – some real, many imagined – as president. The actual nominee was an afterthought. Biden spoke of Kamala Harris only as someone who helped him – not for anything she ever did on her own.
If the Harris campaign had any hopes that Joe would let them get distance from his record, they were dashed. “When I say we I mean Kamala and me,” he emphasized, reminding voters that there’s no turning the page by voting for Harris.
Biden tried to play the old hits, but they ring hollow now. He talked about Charlottesville and how he claims Trump as president “emboldened” and praised anti-Semites. “Hate has no safe harbor” in America, he says. But we saw how anti-Semites have safe harbors – literal encampments on college campuses, immune from the law – in Joe Biden’s America. Biden even said of the pro-Hamas protestors, “Those protesters out in the street. They’ve got a point.”
No, they don’t, Joe.
Just days after Tim Walz pledged that Democrats wouldn’t call their opponents names, Biden called Trump a “loser,” a “liar,” a “felon,” and a “sucker.”
Amid the usual rants about January 6, there were the usual bald-faced lies, such as the claim that the Biden-Harris administration “helped schools get back open” after COVID when in fact they ignored the recommendations of scientists to side with the teachers unions in protracting school closures. They expect us to nod along, knowing it’s not true.
Of course, the pretense of one big happy family had to be maintained. Biden denied that he was angry at the Democrats who forced him off the ticket. Nancy Pelosi stood in the front row holding a “We Love Joe” sign, just weeks after wielding the knife. She came to bury Joe, not to praise him.
Biden stayed mostly on script, leaning on the prepared text to keep him from wandering off. But he was shouty and glowering as a result. By the end, nobody would wonder why Democrats decided they needed to dump this guy.
The amazing thing is that they made it as far as July pretending he was up to the job.
So Far DNC anti-Israel protests half as large as organizers predicted
The anti-Israel protest outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday drew less than half as many participants as organizers predicted, the New York Post reported.
Protest organizers had predicted that as many as 40,000 people would attend the rally. However, so far, less than 20,000 appear to have turned out, and thousands of anti-Israel signs are lying on the grass with no one to carry them.
There is still time for the demonstration to grow in size before the protesters are expected to march from Union Park to the site of the convention in the hopes of creating a disruption that the Democratic officials and delegates would hear.
270 organizations are gathering this week at the Coalition to March on the DNC in protest against Israel's retaliation for the Hamas massacre of October 7 and other causes.
One speaker at the protest attacked feminists who do not oppose Israel, saying "You struggle to be included in the US imperial war machine. We struggle to destroy it." The speaker also led the crowd in chants of "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free."
On Sunday night, the Chicago Sun Times reported that a group of anti-Israel protesters targeted a delegate party held at Navy Pier, where a protestor rushed onto the stage and grabbed a microphone, the paper reported. The protester shouted, “You are funding a genocide."
A protester who identified herself as Jinan also stated ominously, “Welcome to hell week."
Fetterman's Communications Director Carrie Adams Openly Contradicts her Boss in reference to his loyalty to Israel
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) harbors views on Israel that are so unusual in his own party that “there are even people on his current staff who think he is wrong,” Peter Savodnik wrote in The Free Press on Sunday.
After Savodnik concluded his interview with the pro-Israel senator, Carrie Adams, Fetterman’s communications director, called him to say, “‘I don’t agree with him’ about Israel and Gaza,” Savodnik wrote.
Adams added, “I have a sense that his international views are a lot less nuanced than my generation, because when he was growing up, it was might makes right, and for my generation and younger who, of course, are the ones protesting this, they have a much more nuanced view of the region,” per the Free Press.
“I’ve been a reporter since the summer of 1998, when I covered Bill Clinton’s trip to Martha’s Vineyard for the Vineyard Gazette,” Savodnik wrote. “This was the first time I’d ever encountered anyone—on Capitol Hill or anywhere else, on the record, off the record, on background, whatever—criticizing ‘the principal.’”
Fetterman told Savodnik that he was skipping the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week because his kids are off school, and he wants to spend time with them.
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