Rubio Fast=Tracks $4 Billion in Military Assistance to Israel

  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday signed a declaration to expedite $4 billion in military assistance to Israel.

The Trump administration has approved nearly $12 billion in military sales to Israel since taking office on Jan. 20, said Rubio in a statement.

“The Trump Administration will continue to use all available tools to fulfill America’s long-standing commitment to Israel’s security, including means to counter security threats,” the statement continued.

“This important decision coincides with President Trump’s repeal of a Biden-era memorandum which had imposed baseless and politicized conditions on military assistance to Israel at a time when our close ally was fighting a war of survival on multiple fronts against Iran and terror proxies,” said Rubio.

The $4 billion in military assistance is a reversal of the Biden administration’s partial arms embargo, “which wrongly withheld a number of weapons and ammunition from Israel,” he added.

The Trump administration on Feb. 25 moved to axe a Biden-era regulation preventing United States arms transfers from being used in violation of international law. The directive required recipients of U.S. arms to provide written assurances within 45 days that they were abiding by international law. Israel provided those assurances in a letter on March 20, 2024.

Prior to Rubio’s announcement, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Friday that it had authorized a $2.04 billion sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel. Deliveries are estimated to begin in 2026.

“The proposed sale will improve Israel’s capability to meet current and future threats, strengthen its homeland defense, and serve as a deterrent to regional threats. Israel will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces,” according to a Pentagon statement.

Israel’s Minister of Defense Israel Katz thanked the Trump administration in a post to X on Sunday.

“I want to express my gratitude to the Trump administration, @SecRubio and @SecDef for the urgent approval of the arms sale to Israel. As we defend our nation in this just and prolonged war, your steadfast support strengthens our defense and reaffirms the deep bond between our nations.”

The Biden administration denied it had withheld weapons, except for a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs. However, pro-Israel U.S. politicians revealed that the White House had held up far more, slow-walking shipments via bureaucratic means.

The situation reached a boiling point in June 2024 when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went public with the issue.

“[I]t’s inconceivable that in the past few months the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunition to Israel … Israel, America’s closest ally, fighting for its life, fighting against Iran and our other common enemies,” the premier said in a video message.

Israel Halts All Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

 During a high-level security discussion on Saturday night at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence, which was attended by senior political and security officials, a long-awaited decision was finally made after nearly a year and a half: the entry of aid trucks to Hamas and its supporters will be halted.

The decision was in coordination with the United States.

Israel has decided to completely halt the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and has closed all its crossings as of Sunday morning, the Prime Minister’s Office announced overnight Sunday.

“With the conclusion of Phase One of the hostage deal and in light of Hamas’s refusal to accept the Witkoff outline for continuing negotiations—an outline to which Israel had agreed—Prime Minister Netanyahu has decided that, starting this morning, all entry of goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip will be halted,” the Prime Minister’s Office’s statement read. “Israel will not permit a ceasefire without the release of our hostages. If Hamas continues to refuse, there will be further consequences.”

Despite this, Israeli estimates suggest that the aid that has already been delivered to Gaza provides enough food for the local population to last four to six months. Meanwhile, Hamas, which has been stockpiling food supplies for months at the expense of residents, quickly responded by accusing Israel of “starving the residents of the Gaza Strip.”

On Saturday night, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that Israel had agreed to adopt the outline proposed by President Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire during Ramadan and Passover. The plan includes the release of half of the hostages, both alive and deceased, on the first day. On the final day—if a permanent ceasefire agreement is reached—the remaining hostages will be released.

“While Hamas has repeatedly violated the agreement, Israel reserves the right to resume fighting after the 42nd day if negotiations prove ineffective,” the PM’s Office added.

Saturday night marked 42 days since the agreement with Hamas had been signed, officially bringing Phase One to an end. During this period, Israel halted fighting, withdrew from the Netzarim corridor, and allowed approximately 600 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip daily. In return, 38 hostages were released—30 alive and eight dead—while Israel freed 1,700 terrorists as part of the exchange.

Despite Rav Landau's Ruling that Degel must Quit the Government.. Gafni, Pindrus and Maklev Remain ..

 Daas Torah ...LOL!!!

Daas Torah is only for the naive innocent Yeshivishe blind followers! It's not for anyone else!

On February 19, we posted the "Fatwa" issued in a Kol Korah by Rav Landau the Spiritual leader of Degel Hatorah that Degel must leave the government! 

It is now 10 days later אין קול ואין עונה! Crickets! 

Degel MKs, Moshe Gafni, Yaakov Asher, Uri Maklev and Yitzchok Ze'ev Pindrus are not  going anywhere fast! They are holding on to their coveted positions and no Rav is going to tell them what to do! They are defying Daas Torah openly, unashamedly! 

So what is "Daas Torah" exactly?  For whom is "Daas Torah?" 

People Jumping out the window in Teveria Fire that Injures 12

 

At 06:06 AM, a fire broke out in a residential building on Rakafet Street, Tiberias. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics treated and evacuated 12 injured individuals to Poriya Medical Center, including:

A 40-year-old woman and a 12-year-old girl in moderate condition, suffering limb injuries after jumping from height.

10 others in mild condition due to smoke inhalation.

An additional 5 people were evacuated in mild condition.

Trump DOJ Deploys Federal Task Force to Protect Jewish Students at 10 Universities

 

The U.S. Department of Justice, under President Trump’s administration, is sending a federal task force to 10 universities where Jewish students and faculty have been left vulnerable to rising antisemitism.

The targeted schools include:
    •    University of Southern California (USC)
    •    Harvard University
    •    New York University
    •    George Washington University
    •    Columbia University
    •    University of Minnesota
    •    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
    •    Johns Hopkins University
    •    Northwestern University
    •    University of California, Berkeley

The task force aims to combat unchecked antisemitism and ensure Jewish students can learn in a safe environment free from harassment and intimidation of pro-Hamas activists.

BREAKING: The DOJ has announced it will be sending boots on the ground to 10 different universities over their failures to combat antisemitism.

The DOJ is vowing that Hamas supporters and agitators on campus will receive federal hate crime charges. pic.twitter.com/1zKGQJTFkV

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 28, 2025

Obama and Top DemonRats lead Zelensky "the little Nazi" off a cliff to be Hostile to Trump

 

This is very serious. https://t.co/5gXHBGGIL8

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) March 1, 2025

 A common criticism of Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous Friday performance in the Oval Office is that he failed to read the room.

Actually, the Ukrainian president did read a room — but it was the wrong room.

Before meeting Trump, Zelensky met with anti-Trump Democrats who advised him to reject the terms of the mineral deal the president was offering, according to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).

“Just finished a meeting with President Zelensky here in Washington. He confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement where Putin gets everything he wants and there are no security arrangements for Ukraine,” Murphy’s office posted on X at 11:15 a.m. Friday.

He attached a picture of Zelensky at a conference table, with Murphy seated on the opposite side.

Forty minutes later, Zelensky arrived at the White House, where Trump met his car, smiled, shook his hand and walked him into the Oval Office.

Arrogant ingrate

The meeting, as the world now knows, quickly went off the rails and ended with Trump angrily ejecting the arrogant ingrate from the White House.

In a "potch" to Trump, British Prime Minister Hugs Zelensky

 

My support for Ukraine is unwavering.

The UK stands with you, @ZelenskyyUa. pic.twitter.com/PsVKyRHKvx

 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer embraced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday and told him he had the U.K.’s unwavering support, a day after the blowout at the White House with President Donald Trump.

Zelenskyy arrived to cheers from people who had gathered outside of 10 Downing St., where Starmer gave him a hug and ushered him inside. The two leaders met on the eve of a meeting of European leaders in London. Called to discuss how European nations can defend Ukraine — and themselves — if the U.S. withdraws support, it has taken on new urgency following Trump’s televised berating of Zelenskyy.

“And as you heard from the cheers on the street outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom,” Starmer told the leader of the war-torn country. “We stand with you, with Ukraine, for as long as it may take.”

After the meeting, Britain announced it was extending a 2.26 billion pound ($2.84 billion) loan to Kyiv for military procurement, with the money coming from the profits on frozen Russian assets. It’s Britain’s contribution to a $50 billion package of support pledged by the G-7 group of wealthy industrialized nations.

Zelenskyy thanked Britain in a statement on X, saying: “This is true justice – the one who started the war must be the one to pay.”

Starmer spoke to both Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday evening after meeting Zelenskyy, the prime minister’s office said.

The meeting comes the day after an extraordinary diplomatic meltdown when Trump and Vice President JD Vance blasted Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on live television for not being grateful enough for U.S. support.

Zelenskyy had been poised to ink a deal to give the U.S. access to mineral riches as Trump pressures Ukraine to reach a deal to end the war with Russia. But he left town without signing anything.

Zelenskyy had been scheduled to meet with Starmer on Sunday before the European summit, but the timetable for their bilateral meeting was apparently sped up in the aftermath of the Washington visit.

Zelenskyy will meet with King Charles III on Sunday before the meeting at Lancaster House, a 200-year-old mansion near Buckingham Palace.

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) March 1, 2025

It was not only Israel that Ukraine Dissed in the UN It stabbed the USA also in the UN — despite receiving $175B

 

Despite receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in critical military aid since Russia’s invasion in 2022, Ukraine has made a habit of rejecting US interests at the United Nations, according to a review of State Department data by The Post.

After years of skirmishes, Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 — initiating a bloody ongoing conflict which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

The invasion also marked the beginning of a gusher of US military and government aid, with at least $175 billion so far being allocated, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.

That same year, however, Ukraine voted differently than the US on 31% of measures brought before the United Nations General Assembly, according to the data, which shows that the US was in closer alignment with Albania (27%) Iceland (30%) and Micronesia (22%).

As the war raged in 2023, Ukraine’s record slightly improved — voting differently in 24% of cases.

But many of Ukraine’s actions have been in direct opposition to the United States’ position in powderkeg regions, such as the Middle East.

Just days after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the UN passed Resolution ES-10/21 calling for an “immediate and sustained” humanitarian truce.

The US led a bloc of 14 nations to oppose it. Ukraine abstained — and did so again in a follow-up resolution demanding a ceasefire in December 2023, which was also opposed by the US.

In November 2023 the United Nations voted to demand the United States lift its trade embargo on Cuba —  with only Israel and the US voting against it. Ukraine abstained.

“I think its disgraceful that a country that is so reliant on the largesse of the United Sates to keep them viable as a nation-state refuses to back our plays in the United Nations and shows that they would rather kowtow to . . . somebody else when we’re the ones keeping them safe,” Jim Hanson, a international affairs consultant in D.C., told The Post.

Among the nations, Israel’s voting record was most closely aligned to the United States with a voting coincidence of over 90% in both years.

Last year’s data is expected to be released by the end of March.

MSNBC host Joy Reid went “on a vile antisemitic rant,” in which she blamed Orthodox Jews for the spread of COVID-19 in New York City

 

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid went “on a vile antisemitic rant,” in which she blamed Orthodox Jews for the spread of COVID-19 in New York City, a former production assistant at the network claims.

In the summer of 2020, the lefty former “TheReidOut” host allegedly ripped Orthodox Jews, saying they “only care about themselves” and are “in their own bubble,” and accused the group of reckless behavior during the pandemic, according to the PA.

The ex-PA, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she is speaking out now that Reid’s been axed because “people should know what her character is.”

“They’re the reason why COVID is spreading across New York,” the former staffer claimed Reid said unchallenged during a morning conference call. “They don’t care about COVID or spreading it to others.

“I was shocked she called out a group and generalized them,” said the ex-PA, who is Jewish, who said it was even more shocking that the “other people on the call went along with it as if it’s a normal thing to say.”

About 20 people from the production team were on the call, she recalled.

“No one called her out [saying] ‘Maybe we shouldn’t generalize.’ Imagine if you said that about any other group of people – even if it were true – saying that any other group didn’t care about COVID?

“I remember feeling shocked – shocked by her ignorance and how antisemitic it sounded.”

The source, who felt too “intimidated” as a young staffer to speak out at the meeting, sent a Slack message later that day to her boss, then-senior producer Lorena Ruiz.

In the messages, shared this week with The Post, she expressed her deep concern over the “100 percent antisemitic” comments.

She asked her boss to consider “collective responsibility” since many Orthodox Jews were “part of the many doctors creating the COVID guidelines and restrictions, and risking their lives every day to treat COVID patients.” 

Ruiz replied that the young staffer had a “good point.”

“Joy can be very careless with her language,” she wrote, adding, “Luckily, she is generally better on air than on the calls” before she thanked the junior staffer for “bringing it up,” according to a copy of the messages seen by The Post. 

At the time of its debut in July 2020, the much-hyped 7 p.m. show, “TheReidOut,” was hailed by the left as a fresh voice, covering “the intersection of race, justice and culture.”

From 2016 to 2020, Reid also hosted the weekend political show “AM Joy.”

“It was a very hypocritical atmosphere. It was completely contradictory,” said the source, noting that Reid’s shtick was speaking up for so-called marginalized groups but had no problem blaming Jews for spreading the virus.

“It was very targeted racial issues [on the show] but other discrimination went ignored,” said the former staffer.

She was so “turned off” and stung, she wanted to quit, even going so far as to compose a note of resignation over the inflammatory incident. “I was writing out a text like I don’t feel comfortable continuing on the show,” she said, adding that her family “talked me out of it.” 

The staffer — who worked on Chris Matthews’ “Hardball” show until it was canceled early in 2020 — is now 28 and still works in media. She admitted she felt “very alone and like I was working with people who don’t understand.”

After Reid was canned recently, the former staffer emailed MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler, expressing her “sense of relief” after witnessing firsthand Reid’s “deeply troubling behavior, particularly her vile antisemitism.”

“All these years, I never spoke up about it, except to my closest friends and family,” she said with regret. “I always felt like it was something heavy on my chest.

“I think maybe I should have spoken out to someone higher up or even to her [Reid] herself, that I should have spoken up more.”

NBCUniversal declined to comment.

Neither Reid, her agent nor Ruiz returned messages.

PA ‘Pay-for-Slay’ Fueled 7,000 Terror Attacks Against Israel in 2024

 

Seven thousand attacks That’s how frequently Palestinian Arab terrorists attacked or attempted to attack Israelis in Judea and Samaria during 2024, according to a sobering new report from SSF Rescuers Without Borders.

The emergency aid group’s findings, released Tuesday, paint a picture of relentless violence that claimed 27 lives and left 306 wounded, all outside the more publicized conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, or within Israel proper.

Most prevalent were rock-throwing incidents with 3,668 followed by fire bombs and Molotov cocktails at 843. Innocent Israelis were shot at 179 times across Judea and Samaria and targeted with 526 bombs. Nine stabbings and 12 ramming attacks were listed as “successful” in the clinical language of the report.

Last month, three Palestinian terrorists opened fire on a bus and civilian vehicles traveling on Route 55 near the village of al-Funduq, close to Kedumim. A police officer and two Israeli civilians were killed. Hamas claimed responsibility and called the terror attack a “heroic operation.”

In another incident, a 16-year-old Arab girl from al-Midya attacked an Israeli civilian at a car wash. She stabbed him in the stomach with a knife before the owner and bystanders intervened. Israeli security forces launched a manhunt, and she was eventually transferred to Israel by Palestinian Authority security forces in a move that the Islamic Jihad condemned as dangerous “security coordination” with the Jewish State.

A particularly insidious tactic emerged in 671 reported cases where Arabs used laser devices to blind Israeli drivers leading to fatal crashes. Security experts warn that unless Israel and her allies completely choke off the PA’s notorious “pay-for-slay incentive” program, the toll of Israeli casualties will likely continue to rise in 2025.