Jordan may deport Ahlam al-Tamimi, the terrorist behind the 2001 Sbarro bombing. The U.S. is pressuring for her extradition, offering a $5M reward ahead of King Abdullah’s visit to Washington.
Monday, February 3, 2025
Trump Wants Jordan to Give Up 2001 Sbarro bomber Ahlam Ahmad Al-Tamimi
Jordan may deport Ahlam al-Tamimi, the terrorist behind the 2001 Sbarro bombing. The U.S. is pressuring for her extradition, offering a $5M reward ahead of King Abdullah’s visit to Washington.
Sunday, February 2, 2025
“Qatari government funds manipulating American universities to mainstream anti-Israel propaganda and silence criticism about Doha's longstanding ties to Hamas and other terror groups,
A new legal battle is unfolding over Qatar's financial influence on prominent American universities, as watchdog organizations seek transparency about billions in foreign funding flowing into US higher education institutions.
The Zachor Legal Institute, in conjunction with Judicial Watch, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the US Department of Education a couple of weeks ago, seeking records related to Doha’s funding and operations at five prestigious American universities: Georgetown, Northwestern, Cornell, Harvard, and the University of Michigan.
The legal action comes in the wake of Texas A&M University's February 2024 decision to shut its Qatar campus, following revelations from a previous lawsuit that uncovered nearly half a billion dollars in funding from the Gulf nation hosting the Hamas leadership to the university.
According to a February 2024 report, Qatar has provided or contracted approximately $6 billion to American universities since 2007.
Caroline Glick Joins Netanyahu’s Team
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Caroline Glick, 46, as his new public relations advisor. Glick, a journalist and publicist, is a senior editor at the Jerusalem Post and the founder of the right-wing satire website Latma. She also worked as an assistant to Netanyahu’s political advisor during his first term in office.
On January 30, Glick posted the final episode of her podcast, “In Focus:”
Glick was born in Houston, and her family relocated to Chicago when she was an infant, where she grew up in the Jewish neighborhood of Hyde Park. She graduated from Columbia College at Columbia University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
During her teenage years, she traveled with her parents and siblings, and it was on one of these trips that she first visited Israel, coinciding with the start of the First Lebanon War. Later that same year, in 1991, Glick made Aliyah and enlisted in the IDF.
In its Israeli Independence Day supplement in 2003, the newspaper Maariv named Glick the most prominent woman in Israel.
In 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Glick was embedded with the US Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and filed frontline reports for both The Jerusalem Post and the Chicago Sun-Times. She also reported daily from the front lines for Israel’s Channel 1 news. Glick was on the ground when US forces captured the Baghdad International Airport. For her battlefield reporting, she was honored with the Distinguished Civilian Service Award from the US Secretary of the Army.
In 2011, Glick harshly criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu in the aftermath of the Gilad Shalit prisoners’ exchange deal. The piece, which appeared on the News12 website, accused Netanyahu of being a weak leader who gave in to the manipulations of Israel’s extremist and defeatist media. Glick went on to describe Netanyahu as, at best, someone who lacked resolve, and at worst, as an immoral, strategically irresponsible, foolish, and opportunistic politician.
In January 2019, Glick joined Naftali Bennett’s New Right party. She ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Knesset in the April 2019 elections, securing the sixth spot on the party’s electoral list. None of them made it past the threshold vote in that round.
Following release, elderly Palestinian Terrorist bashes Hamas, price of Oct. 7
Recently released Palestinian terrorist Mohammed al-Tous spoke out against Hamas’s October 7 massacre in two separate interviews to Arab media this past week, citing the human cost of the ensuing Gaza war.
“Today, I tell my grandchildren not to go down the path of attacks and resistance,” the 69-year-old ex-detainee said in a Friday interview with the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya outlet. “We don’t want our freedom to come at the expense of our children’s’ lives.”
Al-Tous is the oldest terrorist freed so far as part of the Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal.
A member of the Palestinian Authority’s ruling Fatah movement, he was arrested in 1985 for organizing attacks on Israelis in and around Jerusalem. He went on to spend 40 years in prison.
Israeli authorities deported al-Tous to Egypt upon his release in the second round of the exchange, which saw 200 terrorists traded for four female Israeli hostages. He was one of 121 prisoners serving life sentences freed that day.
He was one of the few prisoners detained before the 1993 Oslo Accords not released as part of those agreements.
On Wednesday, al-Tous gave an interview to the Emirati al-Mashhad news outlet, in which he criticized Hamas leadership when asked about the October 7 attack that ultimately led to his release.
“If I had known the cost of my freedom, I would have stayed in prison… A leader who is thinking of carrying out a large attack must be aware of the cost. It is unacceptable that the cost of our release from prison is a drop of blood from a Palestinian child,” he said.
Al-Tous added that he encountered jailed Second Intifada leader Marwan Barghouti multiple times while in prison.
“I met Marwan Barghouti more than once, the last of which was two years ago. He was in good condition,” he told the outlet.
Barghouti, a top figure in Fatah serving five life sentences for planning attacks during the Second Intifada, is envisioned by many Palestinians as a potential successor to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
In another Friday interview with The Independent, al-Tous spoke in favor of political negotiations toward a two-state solution in order to “prevent bloodshed on both sides.”
He urged unity within the Palestinian national movement, calling on Hamas to reconcile with Fatah and accept the leadership of Abbas, now 89 years old.
DemonRats look to keep Elise Stefanik’s critical NY House seat vacant in effort to thwart Trump
Albany lawmakers are plotting to keep a critical House seat vacant until June or even later in an effort to thwart President Trump’s legislative agenda.
Lawmakers from both the state Assembly and Senate met Friday to discuss changes to the state’s election law that would allow the governor to delay special elections and push off any pending ones until the June primaries — or even the general election in November.
The dead-of-night discussions ostensibly were about how to save time and money by consolidating elections into a single day — but in actual fact appear targeted at the soon-to-be vacated seat of GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Stefanik — who Trump tapped to be the US Ambassador to the United Nations — is expected to resign her seat to take up the post in the coming days. The vacancy will create headaches for House Republicans who are already struggling to manage a razor-thin majority stocked with frequently unwieldy members.
Stefanik’s district is in deep red north country and she would almost certainly be replaced by another Republican in a special election.
Under the current law, when Stefanik officially resigns, Gov. Hochul must declare a special election within 10 days and the election must take place 80 to 90 days after that declaration.
The Democratic-dominated state legislature, however, could rewrite the rules.
Minority Republicans have little power in either chamber.
Such a measure could come as soon as Monday.
A Hochul spokesman told Gothamist that she “believes it’s critical to increase voter turnout and reduce the cost of election administration and she would support legislation that achieves that goal.”
The proposed election change has Republicans — who control the House with a 218-215 majority, the smallest margin in a century — frothing.
“This is corruption, the corruption of absolute power,” western New York GOP Rep. Nick Langworthy told The Post.
Added Rep. Mike Lawler (R-Rockland County): “This would be an outrageous abuse of power and expose Democrats hypocrisy when it comes to ‘protecting democracy.’ Kathy Hochul should make clear this will not happen.”
Rep. Stefanik did not respond to request for comment from The Post.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef apologizes for accusing rabbinic org. Tzohar of conversions for money
Following a court settlement, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, grandson of former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef for whom he is named after and son of immediate past Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, has issued a formal apology to the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization retracting past statements he made against the group. In addition to acknowledging that his remarks were incorrect, he pledged to donate NIS 10,000 NIS to the Noar Kahalacha association.
The apology follows a legal dispute between Rabbi Yosef, head of the Tiferet Ohel Moshe Kollel in Beit Shemesh, and the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization.
Approximately six months ago, Tzohar filed a lawsuit against Rabbi Yosef through attorney Assaf Benmalach following allegations he made during a weekly class at the Nazar Aharon synagogue.
In his sermon, Rabbi Yosef accused claiming, "Everything is a professional trade. Everyone goes to Tzohar; they convert them for NIS 25,000. It doesn’t matter if they have [agreed to follow mitzvot, the commandments of Judaism, which is an essential step of the conversion process] or not—they say it’s not necessary."
A settlement was recently reached in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, requiring Rabbi Yosef to issue a public apology both in writing and during his weekly class.In a letter addressed to Tzohar, he stated:
"In a sermon I delivered and published online, I spoke of the Tzohar organization as one that performs conversions and raised allegations against them. I hereby declare that my statements were misleading and incorrect. I retract, renounce, and apologize for them. The Tzohar organization does not engage in conversions, and certainly not for money."
Rabbi Yosef also opened his latest YouTube lesson with a verbal apology, further emphasizing his regret. Alongside the apology, he committed to donating NIS 10,000 to Noar Kahalacha, an organization dedicated to preventing sectarian discrimination in haredi education.
In response, the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization stated: "Rabbi Yosef’s apology is important and necessary. Tzohar is an organization that meticulously maintains integrity and absolute loyalty to Halacha. The erroneous statements not only harmed our good name but also misrepresented us as operating in violation of Halacha and the law.
"We hope this apology will correct the misunderstanding and help prevent similar false statements in the future. We remain committed to full transparency and the values of Torah and Halacha."
Shocking!!!! UNRAW Workers Were Actively Involved in Hiding the Hostages
28-year-old hostage Emily Damari was held in an @UNRWA hospital.
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) February 1, 2025
19-year-old Noa Marciano was killed in an UNRWA hospital.
84-year-old Ditza Herman was held by an UNRWA teacher.
21-year-old Jonathan Samerano’s body was taken by UNRWA staff.
For those still wondering why… https://t.co/gy9zvyNBYC
Exposed!!!! TREASURY PAYMENT OFFICERS NEVER DENIED A PAYMENT—EVEN TO FRAUDSTERS
What is the point in even having payment officers at the Treasury if they were directed to literally pay anyone and everyone no matter what?!
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) February 1, 2025
Even terrorists!
The outright rot that is being uncovered and ripped out of our government right now is shocking.
Thank God! https://t.co/CK6JVU4oI2
Trump's Deep State Bloodbath in Just 24 Hours
President Trump’s the Deep State BLOODBATH in the past 24 hours:
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 1, 2025
- All federal prosecutors handling January 6th cases fired, computers locked and marched out of their offices by security.
- David Sundberg, the FBI Assistant Director at the helm of the January 6th…
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