*After Years Attacking Israel, AOC Secures House Promotion*
Danish leaders have sent private messages to President-elect Donald Trump’s team in recent days in a bid to pacify his ambitions for taking over Greenland, according to a new report.
Copenhagen is allegedly open to allowing US military presence on the autonomous island to boost security and appease Trump, who claimed “military coercion” could be deployed to bring Greenland under US rule, sources familiar with the talks told Axios.
The Danish government, which is responsible for Greenland’s defense, wants to avoid clashing with the US and hopes to assure Trump that Greenland will be safe from Russia and China without the need for American annexation, the sources added.
Copenhagen has also asked Trump’s team to clarify the incoming president’s comments after he shocked the world by suggesting that the US could invade the longstanding NATO ally.
One European diplomat told Axios that Denmark was widely seen as America’s closest ally in the European Union, and that no one could have imagined it’d be the first Trump would pick a fight with.
Greenland had been a colony of Denmark since the 18th century and became a self-governing Danish territory in 1953.
In 2009, the island won the right to secure independence if they ever voted to do so — something that Greenland’s prime minister, Múte Egede supports.
Egede, however, does not support the annexation of Greenland into the US.
At a press conference Friday in Denmark, Egede said he was open to discuss Greenland’s future with Trump, but warned that his people had no interest in becoming Americans.
“We are ready to talk,” he said. “Cooperation is about dialogue. Cooperation means that you will work towards solutions.”
The US already has a military base on Greenland and has had a defense agreement in place since 1951, which would make it easy to increase American troops on the island.
Greenland’s strategic importance has increased exponentially in recent years with ice-bound arctic waterways melting and world powers scrambling for new real estate between the United States and Russia.
The territory and its surrounding waters are rich in critical minerals and natural resources.
No, Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t get to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast and pretend he’s a free speech champion as if there were nothing he could have done to stop the censorship at Facebook that rigged the 2020 election and probably cost lives during the pandemic.
The wanksta-lite makeover can’t hide Zuck’s sins, from throttling The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election to deplatforming a sitting president, Donald Trump, to suppressing COVID-19 dissent.
No matter how many “Iron Neck” workouts he does in an attempt to de-nerd himself, the billionaire tech titan will always be a spineless coward whose monopoly needs to be broken up. No one person should be wielding historically unprecedented power to censor political thought and speech, least of all a socially inept tech bro.
The Facebook founder whose Meta group behemoth owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp whined to Rogan Friday that “these people from the Biden administration would call up our team, and, like, scream at them, and curse,” to force them to take down posts. Now he tells us.
As the legal case against Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu weakens, prosecutors appear to be intensifying efforts against his political circle, now focusing on his wife, Sara Netanyahu. Police investigators from the Lahav 433 unit have reportedly seized phones belonging to the children of Hanni Bleiweiss, a late aide to the prime minister, as part of an investigation into allegations against Sara Netanyahu.
The investigation stems from a Channel 12 exposé aired last month, which alleged that Sara Netanyahu sought to intimidate a witness in her husband’s criminal trial and directed protesters to target justice officials perceived as adversaries of the Netanyahu family. Central to these claims is alleged phone correspondence between Bleiweiss and Sara Netanyahu. Bleiweiss passed away from cancer in March 2023.
After obtaining a search warrant, police confiscated phones held by Bleiweiss’s children, hoping one might belong to their late mother. However, investigators now believe none of the seized devices hold evidence to support the Channel 12 allegations. According to a report by Ynet, authorities suspect that the family’s attorney, Yaron Forer, may possess Bleiweiss’s phone. Forer has refused to confirm or deny this claim, citing concerns about obstruction of justice.
Reports surfaced last week that Bleiweiss’s three children were questioned on suspicion of obstructing justice after allegedly refusing to hand over the phone to police, claiming they did not know its whereabouts.
The Channel 12 report accuses Sara Netanyahu of instructing Bleiweiss to mobilize activists from the Likud party, led by her husband, to harass political opponents. Specific allegations include directing activists to verbally assault neighbors of the Netanyahus, who were parents of a fallen military pilot and active in protests against the prime minister. Sara Netanyahu is also accused of orchestrating demonstrations outside the home of Hadas Klein, a key witness in one of the criminal cases against her husband, and encouraging verbal attacks on Klein through social media.
In the midst of a devastating wildfire that destroyed their family home, Joshua Kotler and his wife Emily were left with nothing but their lives. However, from the ashes of their Altadena home, one precious item emerged: a menorah that had once belonged to Joshua’s grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.
The Kotler family, including their two daughters, Liberty, 4, and Eve, 2, had evacuated their home as the fire rapidly advanced. While they managed to flee with just a few clothes and the necessities, they never imagined the fire would destroy everything they had. Their home, perched at the top of a mountain, was completely consumed by the flames.
“We got out of our house safely, thank God,” Joshua told The New York Post, reflecting on their escape. The next morning, as firefighters surveyed the damage, Joshua and Emily returned to see what, if anything, had survived. Amid the devastation, the only item that remained unscathed was the menorah, a family heirloom passed down through generations.
“It was insanely powerful to find it,” Joshua said, choking up. “The night before, I had been crying on the phone with my cousin, regretting not grabbing it when we left. And then to find it, the only thing left from our entire house—it was just an insane feeling.”
The menorah’s survival felt almost miraculous. It had witnessed history—having survived the horrors of the Holocaust—now it had survived a destructive wildfire. For Joshua, it was more than just an object; it was a symbol of survival, resilience, and the enduring strength of his family’s legacy.
As he recovered the menorah from the wreckage, he recalled the fear and uncertainty that gripped him as the fire approached. “I was trying to save the house, but I wasn’t thinking clearly. I kept wondering if we would make it out,” he said. “But finding that menorah, it was a sign—no matter what, we’re still here.”
While their home was lost, the Kotlers have found hope in this small but significant piece of history that now carries a new meaning: a reminder that even in the darkest moments, something precious can endure. “We’re alive. That’s all that matters,” Joshua reflected, holding his family close, grateful for their survival and the menorah that connected their past with their future.
Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh Yeshiva of Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, has written part 2 of a column addressing the extremely challenging tuition crisis. Writing in the Monsey Mevaser, Rabbi Bender responded to a parent who described a highly unpleasant experience, begging for a tuition break.
The parent wrote the following:
“We have the unfortunate pleasure of having to expose our private financial
situation and we also get to undergo a humiliating and degrading process and beg for scholarships with five different administrations and tuition committees. None of them seem to care about how or what we arrange with the others, each of them wants only for themselves.
“For instance, when I tell them that the total dollars I can pay for all of my tuitions is x and I would like to divide that equally per child, I am told “no way” and that they can only worry about their bottom line and I will have to deal with the other schools however I’d like to. (Does my obligation of Talmud Torah for my boys means yeshivos deserve more than Bais Yaakovs?)
At one point the parent also wrote:
“One board member of a school (who serves on the board of another school as well) actually told us that choosing their school is like buying a Lexus and if you want the best, you will have to
“One school set up appointments for all those who wanted scholarships to come the same night, causing the parents to be embarrassed sitting together in a waiting room. Sadly, there are more stories like these.
“What should the schools do? Is there an answer? Who can parents go to if they feel hurt by how the school treats them? Please help. Please offer ideas and suggestions on what can be done on a community level and what can or should be done on a personal level.”
Again, Rabbi Bender responded with great empathy, and emphasized that in his yeshiva and his community, parents are treated with respect, dignity, and a great deal of compassion.
The Rosh Yeshiva’s response read, in part:
There is no excuse for some of the horror stories mentioned. In our neighborhood, the schools compete for students and dollars just like everywhere else, but the directors of all the schools meet every once in a while. There are not usually major policy issues to be ironed out. That’s not the point-though the give and take is often enlightening. The point is that the directors are on a first name, cordial basis with each other; and it often happens that one will pick up the phone and call his counterpart to work out jointly a tuition package for the needy family.
The Rosh Yeshiva also wrote:
“Allowing applicants to meet each other should be anathema to any school administration with a modicum of decency. Best would be not having to meet at all. There is bound to be embarrassment in the presence of the committee members, irrespective of other applicants. We have found it more productive at first with specific questions posed over the phone. A meeting is a last resort…”
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