Rafah has turned out to be the place where Hamas held many hostages.
— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) September 1, 2024
Remember how the U.S. pressured Israel to not go in there? All eyes on Rafah, right?
Who knows how many lives could have been saved?
We won’t forget. pic.twitter.com/06BKw7E4VN
Kamala Harris appears to be reconsidering her participation in the upcoming September 10 debate, following a widely criticized interview on CNN. The recent backlash over her interview has prompted scrutiny of her debate strategy, particularly her concerns over the debate format.
Harris has raised specific objections to the debate rules, insisting that microphones remain unmuted throughout the event. This demand, however, was met with resistance from ABC News, which has chosen to uphold the same rules that governed the CNN debate.
In a statement released this morning, Harris, gaslighting, renewed her call for transparency in the debate process. “Donald Trump is surrendering to his advisors who won’t allow him to debate with a live microphone. If his own team doesn’t have confidence in him, the American people definitely can’t,” she said. “We are running for President of the United States. Let’s debate in a transparent way, with the microphones on the whole time.”
There are also reports circulating that Harris requested to be seated during the debate and to have access to a “cheat sheet!"
A massive Israeli shipping company has seen a surprising benefit as a result of the Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has seen a surge in profits, the timing of which has coincided with the Houthi attacks.
As reported by the Algemeiner, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, achieved a 48% year-over-year revenue increase in the second quarter of this year. Its net income increased to $373 million and its carry volume has risen 11%.
This has all taken place after the October 7 Hamas terror massacre.
ZIM’s increased revenue and profit appeared to have come because of the Houthi attacks, not despite them.
The reason is that they are taking alternative, longer routes, to avoid the Red Sea. The alternative routes require additional fuel, and the added costs are passed onto consumers, resulting in greater revenue.
According to the Algemeiner, the costs passed onto consumers are usually greater than the additional costs being paid by the company. As a result, they are earning extra profit as well.
In addition to ZIM, Middle East Eye reported that “shares of Maersk, the Danish shipping giant operating more than 700 vessels, are up about 20 percent in the last month, while German company Hapag-Lloy — the world’s fifth-largest container shipping group — is up 17 percent.”
Some say that these higher prices to consumers may be justified because shipping has become increasingly risky.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi terror group began disrupting global trade by attacking shipping in the Red Sea corridor following the October 7 attacks.
The Houthis have threatened to target all ships heading to Israeli ports, even if they do not pass through the Red Sea, and took responsibility for attempted drone and missile attacks targeting Israel. Houthi terrorist have launched ballistic missiles toward Eilat, and several weeks ago, they hit the center of Tel Aviv with a long-range Iranian drone.
The presidential race may be tough, but the fight for control of Congress may be tougher for Democrats. The latest forecast from The Hill/DDHQ says that Republicans have a 70% of taking control of the Senate and a 56% chance of retaining control of the House.
“Democrats have their backs against the wall. They don’t have much room to lose,” said Washington lobbyist and consultant Christopher Neiweem.
“I think they’re going to get it by two seats, even a third,” he told NewsNation. “This is strong math favoring Republicans. Senate Democrats are going to have a challenge here.”
Neiweem said the Senate seat that’s dead certain to switch is West Virginia, where Democrat-turned-Independent Joe Manchin is retiring.
“West Virginia is a total takeaway for the governor there stepping in to replace Senator Manchin,” he said. Republican Gov. Jim Justice has a formidable lead in every poll, and The Hill/DDHQ predicts he has a 99% chance of winning.
The other seat most likely to switch from Democrat to Republican is Montana. Despite his longtime popularity, Democrat incumbent Jon Tester is trailing Republican Tim Sheehy, a retired Navy Seal turned aerospace CEO. The Hill/DDHQ predicts that Sheehy has a 73% chance of winning.
Neiweem says there are several factors still at play, including voter turnout – which will be greatly influenced by the presidential race.
He also says three races that had been considered toss-ups – Nevada, Ohio and Arizona – are now tilting toward the Democrats. But he predicts that the Republican incumbents in Texas and Florida, Ted Cruz and Rick Scott, will win their races.
They buy homes in areas such as New Hempstead, Hillcrest, New City, areas where newlyweds and first-time buyers are buying homes for reasonable prices; these areas are on the parameters of Monsey and not yet fully Frum, hence the cost of homes are still affordable!
These greedy investors are all Shoimrei Torah Umitzvois and shukkel by davening! Their children all attend yeshivois and eat from the strictest hashgachas! They have no plans to move into these newly created frum neighborhoods!
To give you a real example that happened three years to 6 years ago: Skver didn't want frum people moving anywhere near New Skver, because they didn't want Skverer Chassidim buying homes across from New Skver, living their lives as they saw fit, but walking over on Shabbos to visit their relatives. So they made their own Eirav and refused to join the rest of the Monsey community, not because they had their own chumrois.....naaaaa! They didn't want their chassidim moving nearby; they wanted them in New Skver proper.
But what happened?
Frum people not Skverer started buying homes down the road and immediately across the road for a lot cheaper than prices in Monsey!
Skver panicked! So they put out a ban in Monsey magazines stating that they want a mile radius of New Skver to be "Yudenrein! " We reported on that on this blog!
People mocked the "Yudenrein" fatwa and moved there anyway.
So what did the New Skver gangsters do?
They began buying available homes in the "Yudenrein" area and deliberately rented these homes out to vagrants and the lowest of the lowest of humanity. On Shabbos afternoon, when the kids were playing outside, these creatures would come out in their bikinis and play music loud , disturbing the entire neighborhood. The Skverer Rebbe was approached by askanim but he brushed them off saying that he is not responsible for those who try to make a living!
So now, history repeating itself, and as young frum people who cannot afford to live in Monsey proper, are buying on perimeters, these frum roaches, Greedburgers, are coming out of their own Chassidic holes and quickly buying up available homes not to live in them but to rent them out to the lowest forms of humanity, stocking each home with multiple families, making it unbearable to those frum families that are trying to build their families and lives!
The above poster is signed by respectable shuls and points out all the Torah prohibitions that they are violating especially "Vehavta Le'riacha Ka'moicha"
I am willing to out these investors as soon as I'm giving their names! Absolutely!
On Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists snatched Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Carmel Gat, 39, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Almog Sarusi, 26, Alex Lobanov, 32, and Ori Danino, 25 from the Supernova Music Festival and their homes along the border with Gaza along with 250 other innocents and held them as hostages.
As we know from hostages rescued alive since, Hamas tortures the Israeli captives as a matter of course. They are raped. They are beaten. They are starved. And they are humiliated and psychologically tortured day in and day out.
And many of them have also been executed.
Hamas executed Hersh, Carmel, Eden, Almog, Alex and Ori, apparently quite recently. And the IDF brought their bodies home on Saturday night.
Rather than respond to the heartbreaking news with condemnations of Hamas and demands that Israel fight to victory; rather than call for Israel to execute an equal or larger number of Hamas terrorists who participated in the Oct. 7 atrocities who are currently in Israeli jails, Israel’s opposition leaders in the Knesset have joined the anarchist groups in blaming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Hamas’s murder of the six.
As one, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Yair Golan and their underlings have joined the leftist groups that have been using mass riots, political violence and general mayhem since 2019 in an effort to oust Netanyahu from power, and have called on Israelis to take to the streets in response to the executions and bring down the government through violence.
דרמה של ממש התחוללה בבית העלמין הותיק ב'קרית יואל' במונרו לאחר שהאדמו"ר מהרי"י מסאטמר הופיע במקום לתפילה באוהל דודו האדמו"ר בעל ה'דברי יואל' מסאטמר, אשר היום חל הילולא דיליה, גורש בחרפה ובוז ע"י חסידי אחיו האדמו"ר מהר"א מסאטמר ששהו במקום לאלפיהם.
כאמור, אמש (חמישי) ערכו האחים האדמו"רים מסאטמר סעודות הילולא המוניות לרגל הילולת דודם האדמו"ר רבי יואליש מסאטמר, מחולל ומייסד החסידות אחר השואה האיומה, ואת דרכו נגד הציונות וכו'.
במהלך עריכת סעודות ההילולא בקרית יואל במונרו, הכריזו בדבריהם על חובת הקהל להשתתף בעצרת המונית שתיערך בעוד שבועיים בארה"ב ביום ראשון פרשת נצבים-וילך נגד גזירת הגיוס בארה"ק. בעצרת צפויים להשתתף כל אדמו"רי, רבני, וראשי הישיבות של ארה"ב שיגיעו למחות ולזעוק.
כעבור שעה קלה מעריכת השולחן, פנה האדמו"ר מהרי"י מסאטמר לפקוד את ציון דודו האדמו"ר בעל ה'דברי יואל' זצ"ל הטמון במקום, אולם כשהגיע למקום החלו חסידי אחיו, האדמו"ר מהר"א מסאטמר, למחות ולזעוק, תוך זריקות אבנים ועוד דברים על פמליית האדמו"ר.
יצוין שבשנים עברו נהגו כך בכל עת הגעתו, אולם עם השנים זה הלך ודעך אך אמש זה שוב חזר.
האדמו"ר מסאטמר ראה את כל הנעשה, ומיד סובב פניו ופנה לצאת מבית העלמין לאחר שלא הצליח להגיע לאוהל הק', והורה לחסידיו שלא לענות דבר, ולא להחזיר לחסידי האח שום דבר על מעשיהם.
בשעות אלו חוזר האדמו"ר למעונו, וכפי הנראה יפקוד את הציון הק' ביום ראשון.
כעבור שעה קלה מצאת האדמו"ר מבית העלמין, הוזעקו כוחות רבים של משטרה ואלו סגרו את המקום למבקרים, והוציאו כל איש מתוככי בית העלמין.
A real drama unfolded in the cemetery in Kiryat Yoel in Monroe after the Rebbe of Satmar appeared there for prayer of the Ohel of his uncle, the Rebbe with the Divrei Yoel of Satmar, whose yurzeit was celebrated today, and was expelled in disgrace and contempt by the followers of his brother the Reb Aron of Satmar, who were there in the thousands.
As mentioned, last night (Thursday), the Satmar Rebbe brothers held mass rival dinners in honor of their uncle, the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoelish of Satmar, the originator and founder of Hasidism after the terrible Holocaust, and his derech against Zionism, etc.
During the celebration of the of the Yurzeit dinners in Kiryat Joel in Monroe, they announced the obligation of the audience to participate in a mass rally that will be held in two weeks in the United States on Sunday Parshas Netzvim-Vaylach, against the draft decree in the Holy Land. The rally is expected to be attended by all the Rebbe, rabbis, and heads of yeshivas of the United States who will come to protest and shout.
A short time after the table was set, the Rebbe of Satmar, Reb Zalma Leib turned to visit the grave of his uncle, the Divrei Yoel, zt"l, who was buried there, but when he arrived, the followers of his brother, the Rebbe Aron of Satmar, began to protest and shout, while throwing stones and other things at the Rebbe's entourage
It should be noted that in past years this was done whenever he arrived, but over the years it faded but last night it returned again in full force .
The Satmar Rebbe, Reb Zalm Leib saw everything that was happening, and immediately turned his face and turned to leave the cemetery after failing to reach the Ohel, and instructed his Hasidim not to answer anything, and not to return anything to the brother's followers for their actions.
A short time later, after the Rebbe left cemetery, many police forces were called, who closed the place to visitors and removed every person from inside the cemetery.
Jewish students at Columbia University were chased out of their dorms, received death threats, spat upon, stalked and pinned against walls, as the Ivy League school devolved into a cesspool of antisemitic hate in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 murderous raid on Israel.
The new and disturbing details emerged from the lengthy, 91-page document released Friday by the school’s faculty-led antisemitism task force, which revealed the extent to which the hate permeated the institution.
“Students described being shoved, pushed to the ground, berated for showing support for Zionist causes, and watching Israeli flags burned,” the task force’s authors wrote.
“They recounted seeing drawings of swastikas in their dorms, students yelling pro-Hamas chants, and being denied access to public spaces and opportunities simply because they were Jewish or Israeli.”
Testimony from nearly five hundred Columbia students informed the report, which found visibly observant Jews had been pinned to the wall and had their jewelry ripped off while coming and going from synagogue. Others recounted being spat on and having been called ethnic slurs on campus.
One student, who had installed a mezuzah on her dorm’s doorway prior to the Israel-Hamas war, was forced to move out after people were pounding her door throughout the night beginning in October, demanding she explain the Jewish state’s war in Gaza.
“If I walk on campus right now with my star out or kippah or say ‘am Yisrael chai,’ I could start World War III,” one anonymous student’s testimony read.
Instructors tasked with guiding and mentoring students instead contributed to the sense of isolation and unease among Jews and Israelis on campus, according to the report.
One faculty member leading a class that delved into the Israel-Hamas conflict called a student who previously served in the IDF a murderer. Another professor extensively said a pair of Jewish donors to the university had “laundered” “dirty money” and “blood money.”
During the spring, as protests and encampments roiled the school’s Morningside Heights campus, protesters, including outsiders and members of the university community, bellowed death threats at Jewish students. Demonstrators who held Israeli flags, meanwhile, recalled being assaulted.
“There is a sense of personal threat, and we keep looking over our shoulders,” master’s student Omer Lubaton Granot, an Israeli veteran and father of a toddler, told an Israeli radio station in the wake of protesters seizing the academic building Hamilton Hall in April.
Councilman Eric Dinowitz (D-Bronx) described the students’ testimonies as “horrifying — and not surprising.”
“These are stories we’ve been hearing about, as the report says, even before the encampments,” he told The Post, adding that antisemitism had been on the rise at college campuses even before Oct. 7
“Without any sort of consequence [for students and faculty] this sort of behavior will continue.”
The task force offered several recommendations to address the issues detailed in the voluminous report, including improved anti-bias training for students and staff along with a new system for reporting complaints about antisemitism.
The report was issued just days before Columbia’s fall semester begins and less then three weeks after embattled university president Minouhce Shafik suddenly resigned, citing the “period of turmoil” that marred her brief tenure at the school.
Interim President Katrina Armstrong called the disturbing incidents “completely unacceptable” before rattling off new initiatives at the university aligning with the panel’s recommendations.
“This is an opportunity to acknowledge the harm that has been done and to pledge to make the changes necessary to do better and to rededicate ourselves, as university leaders, as individuals, and as a community, to our core mission of teaching and research,” she said.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert an ex-con, signed with Nasser al-Qidwa, nephew of arch terrorist Yasser Arafat and a former Palestinian Authority official charged with foreign affairs management, on a proposal for 'an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians," according to Palestinian affairs commentator Ehud Yaari.
This agreement would lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with the annexation of 4.4% of Judea and Samaria in exchange for transferring a similar area to the Palestinian state, including a corridor connecting Gaza to Judea and Samaria.
According to the proposal, a Palestinian administration would be established in the Gaza Strip after the IDF withdrawal, composed of technocrats rather than political figures.
The Palestinians would recognize the new Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem as part of the State of Israel, while the Arabic neighborhoods not included in Jerusalem's municipal boundaries before 1967 would be part of the Palestinian capital in Jerusalem.
The Old City would be managed by a trustee board in which representatives from 5 countries, including Israel and Palestine, would sit. The authority of the board would be determined by the UN Security Council. The parties would negotiate regarding the fate of Israeli towns and their residents as well as the issue of refugees. The possibility of positioning an international force along the Jordan River would also be examined.
