Saturday, August 24, 2024
Friday, August 23, 2024
Yisrael Duvid Weiss ym"s says that 'Khamenei is a great leader; amazing how similar we are'
Israel David Weiss ym"s, representative of the virulently anti-Zionist fringe Neturei Karta sect, was interviewed by Iranian media and said that he is interested in meeting Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
At the beginning of the interview, Weiss praised the pro-Palestinian protesters at the US universities who were protesting against Israel and Khamenei's letter supporting the protesters. "I was very surprised by this letter. This is an amazing letter and an indication of change. I think this letter gave a lot of encouragement to students in America and around the world. They want to hear encouragement and students need encouragement. I would love to meet him in person and talk about this. It is amazing how similar we are."
Weiss praised Khamenei: "There is a Jewish community living here in the Islamic Republic of Iran and they enjoy freedom of religion and worship. They observe Jewish customs and there is no pressure on them. This is what the great leader says, ‘We are not against the Jews, we are against the Zionist regime and Israel’.”
Yeshiva student from Bnei-Brak dies after hiking trip in the north
Hundreds attended the funeral of Mordechai Abuhav, a Yeshiva student from Bnei Brak, who died on Wednesday night. He was only 18 years old.
Abuhav returned at the beginning of the week from a hiking trip with friends in the north. When he returned home, he said that he did not feel well. Throughout the night his body temperature gradually increased, until he suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness.
He was rushed to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, where he was diagnosed with brain edema.
For two days he lay in the hospital sedated and ventilated, while the doctors fought for his life. However, despite all efforts, and to the despair of his family and friends, he passed away.
The family says that this is the second tragedy in the family during the “bein hazmanim” period, after the deceased’s uncle drowned during this period twenty years ago.
Details of Baltimore 8 year-old Boy’s Rescue
It was just after 11 PM on August 21st when Chaverim of Rockland coordinator Yossi Margaretten’s cell phone started to ring.
Despite being in the middle of an appreciation dinner for his members, Margaretten took the call from a desperate mother who told him that her son had been missing for three hours after a family visit to Lava River Cave, a 3,820 foot long lava tube located in the Arizona’s Coconino National Forest.
“She was crying,” Margaretten said. “She said they had been searching for three hours and they couldn’t find him.”
Margaretten reached out to Eli Rowe of Hatzolah Air, who didn’t hesitate for a moment when asked if he would be willing to send a plane out to the West Coast.
“He told me whatever we needed, he would do,” recalled Margaretten.
Interrupting the dinner, Margaretten explained the situation to his volunteers, telling them that he needed to assemble an elite team of volunteers to go out to Flagstaff.
“There were only 14 seats on the plane, so we took the best of the best, including our drone team,” noted Margaretten.
The Chaverim volunteers assembled at Sullivan County Airport at 3 AM, where Rowe had a plane fueled and ready to take off. Members davened Shachris on the plane, using a small Sefer Torah that had just been completed four days earlier.
Trump Leads Harris by 3 Points in New National Rasmussen Poll
In a recent Rasmussen Reports national head-to-head poll, former President Donald Trump edged out Vice President Kamala Harris by three percentage points. Trump secured 49% of the vote compared to Harris’ 46%. This represents a slight improvement for Harris, who trailed by four points in Rasmussen’s poll last week, where Trump also led with 49%.
The poll also explored voter preferences when third-party candidates were included in the mix. Trump maintained his lead with 47% of the vote, while Harris followed closely at 45%. Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. garnered 4%, and other candidates received 1% or less.
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Sinwar Reverses Stance, No Longer Wants the 72 Virgins
Hamas ‘absolute leader’ Yahya Sinwar has added a new condition to the terror group’s demands for a hostage release and ceasefire deal: his survival.
“Sinwar insists on guarantees for his safety and life,” including after the war is over,” according to a senior Egyptian official quoted by Ynet.
The Hamas chief was among more than 1,000 terrorists released from prison in Israel on October 18, 2011, in a swap for Gilad Shalit, an IDF soldier kidnapped on Jun 25, 2006, by Hamas and allied terrorists. At the time, Sinwar had spent 22 years in prison, serving multiple life sentences for murder.
For months, the Hamas leader has claimed the terrorists “have the Israelis right where we want them” and telling fellow Hamas leaders in Doha that Gaza’s civilian losses “are necessary sacrifices.”
Sinwar once referred to the thousands of Gazans he placed in harm’s way as “necessary sacrifices” in his terrorist group’s war to annihilate the Jewish State. And just a few months ago, he likened the ongoing conflict to a 7th-century battle in Karbala, Iraq in which the Islamic Prophet Muhammad’s grandson was killed.
“We have to move forward on the same path we started or let it be a new Karbala,” Sinwar wrote in a message to his allies.
That is not to say that Sinwar is personally willing to die for his people, “martyr” or not.
As he draws closer to meeting the 72 virgins promised by Islamic jihadist belief to every “shahid” (martyr) who dies fighting an enemy, Sinwar may indeed be reconsidering his desire for eternal life.
Former Israeli national security adviser Jacob Nagel, who is currently a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), has said he believes Sinwar will do anything to survive, keeping at least some hostages around him as life insurance.
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