"After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today," Kent stated.
"I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby," he claimed.
Kent said that it was an "honor" to serve under President Donald Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Former Deputy White House Chief of Staff and Cabinet Secretary Taylor Budowich dismissed Kent's claims and accused him of being behind multiple leaks and of attempting to undermine government policy.
"Joe Kent is a crazed egomaniac who was often at the center of national security leaks, while rarely (never?) producing any actual work. He spent all of his time working to subvert the chain of command and undermine the President of the United States. This isn’t some principled resignation-he just wanted to make a splash before getting canned. What a loser," Budowich stated.
In recent months, social media has featured a surprising number of nurses making extreme political statements — including threats against President Trump and accusations that Israel’s defensive war in Gaza is “genocide.”
This is especially jarring to me because I have nieces and close cousins who are nurses, and they are devoted, selfless people who dedicate their lives to caring for others and make no political statements that would make their patients uncomfortable.
One example of nurses making extreme political statements and that has become increasingly troubling is Blima Marcus, a nurse living in Boro Park married to a Chassidic man, whose children have peyos. She has built a Facebook following of more than 1,700 people, many of whom are non‑Jewish and politically far‑left, including individuals who openly express hostility toward Trump.
I looked for any credible, verifiable reporting about the killing of a family with the names you listed — Ali Khalid Sail Bnei Oda, Ottman Akel Bnei Uda, Ottman Ali Khalid Bnei Udah, Muhammad Ali Khalid Bnei Uda, and the injured children Mustafa and Khalid — but no reliable news source, human‑rights report, or public record appears to document an incident matching these details.
Yesterday, the military force killed a family that went shopping in honor of holidays The father, Ali Khalid Sail Bnei Oda (37), the mother, and until Ottman Akel Bnei Uda (35), and two sons, Ottman Ali Khalid Bnei Udah (7) and Muhammad Ali Khalid bnei Uda (5), were shot to death. Two more children in the family, Mustafa and Khalid were injured but survived.Khalid said that the family was sitting in her car when fire opened on them. He also told that after the shooting, a soldier took him out of the car, said, "We killed dogs" and hit him. Opposedly, the soldiers say the car accelerated to call them and therefore fired shots.This killing joins a series of killings in Judea and Samaria in the past two weeks. On Monday, two weeks ago in Kfar Krayot, south of Nakhm, settlers in uniform were killed by gunshots the brothers Fahim and Mohammed Taha Abd Al-Majid Maamar. Between Saturday and Sunday, a week ago, several dozens of Jews arrived to the area of Kfar Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah. Thair Farooq Hamail and Farah Judat Hamail were shot dead there. Yesterday the Red Crescent announced that a 28-year-old Palestinian was killed by gunfire by settlers in the village of Kosra near Shem.Since the outbreak of the war with Iran, there has been a total escalation in acts of violence by Jews against Palestinians in the territories. From burning houses and cars, threats and physical violence, we've moved to more frequent shootings. Just shooting to death in the Palestinians. As you can see, there are several groups that engage in violence. The well-known "Hill Boys", who are joined by "Spatial Defense" soldiers (GMAR), that is, local settlers who received uniforms and weapons from the IDF. The IDF weapons are used to scare, threaten, and even shoot Palestinians. Sometimes, like yesterday, these are forces of the Supreme Court.Blurring the difference between military and armed citizens is a clear indicator of allowing violence beyond the limits of the law. If you add to this the duplicate capital that is being passed at this time to "farm" and "young settlement", the ATVs that the government distributed to the settlers (who use them in their attacks), their success to uproot their place with violence and to expel entire communities of Palestinians, mostly in the hollow (Hagay Segal reviewed this week in his turn in the first place the expulsion of the Ras Ein El-Oja community), and the backup The continuation they receive from the government, they receive a government campaign of ethnic cleansing in Judea and Samaria, which is carried out by state terrorism (State-sponsored terrorism).War enables atrocities. The Armenian genocide was committed by the Turks during WWI, on the assumption that the world is too busy with other things. And he really was. But we all know and remember what happened. Also the crimes that are going on in Judea and Samaria at this time are being documented, and the world knows and will know about them. What happens today in Judea and Samaria, like what happened in Gaza, will stay with us long after the war is over, and we will all pay the price. But the question is not just how these actions will be judged in the future, but what they are already doing to us now. Already now, our moral destruction is real.[Pictured: 8-year-old Mustafa, one of the two brothers who survived the killing yesterday, at his family's funeral. ]
"I won’t be commenting on the rising and urgent danger to Jewish people in America, the war with Iran, and the state sanctioned problems in the West Bank, particularly the murder of an Arab family today."
Notice that she refers to Judea and Samaria — the land with deep Jewish historical and religious significance — only by the Arab political term “West Bank.” She also speaks of “state‑sanctioned problems,” despite the fact that more than 541,000 Jews live in Judea and Samaria, not including the 340,000 Jews in East Jerusalem. Nearly one million Jews live in these areas.
If the "West Bank" as Blima calls it, was the issue, then why did Arabs go to war in 1967 when they had the "West Bank"?
Arabs don't care about the "West Bank" they want ALL of Israel including Bnei-Brak!
Then she sneaks in her comment "particularly the murder of an Arab family today" something that never happened.
She does not tell her followers that Israeli Jews do not desire the death of Arab children. She does not tell them that many in the Arab world openly call for the death of Jewish children. Instead, she chooses to highlight fabricated stories about settlers harming Arabs in order to appear “neutral.”
She doesn't realize that when they come rounding up the Jews, her non-Jewish co-workers and followers will be the first to point her out, she refuses to acknowledge that the antisemites will not distinguish her little boy with peyos and the teenager that was dancing on Simchas Torah at Nova, they want them all dead!
Meanwhile, Jewish children are spending hours in bomb shelters, screaming and crying and being scared half to death, as ballistic missiles are launched by a regime that openly declares its intention to destroy her. Iran has no borders with Israel, but insists on murdering innocent Jews and already caused billions and billions of Shekels damage
Yet Marcus says she will “not comment” on that. Instead, she elevates an unverified debunked story about settlers to signal her obsession with "neutrality" to her audience.
PS I would like Blima Marcus to be honest with her followers and tell them the truth!
She should tell them that she and her entire family pray and yearn to return to Israel! She should tell them that every time she "benches" and says "al hamichya" she begs God to rebuild.....yes the "Sanctioned WEST BANK" and come Passover her Chassidishe Husband with his Bekeshe & Shtreimel will chant together with her children with payos....... לשנה הבאה בירושלים!
She should tell her followers and co-workers that she begs God every day for the coming of Moshiach when there will only be Jews in the State of Israel!
Let me see if she is truly honest!
Israel confirmed on Tuesday morning that Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran and one of the most powerful figures in the terror regime, was eliminated in a wave of airstrikes targeting senior regime officials in Iran.
Along with Larijani, the IDF confirmed that the Israeli Air Force, acting on IDF intelligence, targeted and eliminated Gholamreza Soleimani, who operated as commander of the Basij unit for the past six years, together with his senior command, at a makeshift headquarters approximately 1,600 kilometers from the border.
The Basij forces are part of the armed apparatus of the Iranian terror regime. During internal protests in Iran, particularly in recent periods as demonstrations intensified, Basij forces under Soleimani’s command led the main repression operations, employing severe violence, widespread arrests, and the use of force against civilian demonstrators.
Larijani and Soleimani were not the only regime figures to be targeted. IDF officials say that since the start of the operation, dozens of top Iranian military figures have been targeted.
Meanwhile, it was reported that Israel struck an underground compound in the city of Qom in recent days, where senior members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad were present, including Akram al-Ajouri and Mohammad al-Hindi, along with other operatives.
According to the report, al-Ajouri had been involved in rocket fire toward Israeli border communities and in directing attacks in the West Bank. After moving between different locations, he was reportedly located in a safe house in Tehran and killed last week.
Defense Minister Israel Katz commented on the eliminations: “Larijani and the Basij commander were eliminated last night and have joined Khamenei, the head of the annihilation program, along with all those eliminated from the axis of evil in the depths of hell. The Prime Minister and I have instructed the IDF to continue pursuing the leadership of the terror and oppression regime in Iran."
During a situational assessment on Tuesday, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir emphasized that "the IDF continues to act with determination against multiple targets in Iran. Alongside the ongoing impact and degradation of the regime’s military and industrial production capabilities, we are targeting elements of the Revolutionary Guards and the regime’s oppressive apparatus."
He further noted that "significant preventive achievements were recorded overnight, with potential to influence operational outcomes and the IDF objectives. These follow additional significant preventive actions carried out in recent days in Iran against external elements, including those connected to the Palestinian arena."
He addressed targeted operations and said, "Among other activities, senior terror operatives from Gaza and Judea and Samaria, who were hiding in a safe house in Tehran, were thwarted."
The Chief of Staff also noted that "the operation against Hezbollah and the neutralization of threats to northern communities continues to serve as another central operational arena."
Concluding his remarks, Zamir emphasized:
"We are continuing to concentrate forces and conduct precise and targeted ground operations. Cooperation between the IDF and the U.S. Central Command continues to strengthen, with joint actions contributing to enhanced operational achievements. We will continue to act decisively to remove threats to the residents of Israel."
Rabbi Yair Hoffman
There are several thousand more young women than young men currently in shidduchim. Several thousand more young women than young men — in the wealthiest, most educated, most resourced generation of Torah Jewry in American history. This is the documented conclusion of an extensive research survey conducted throughout the litvish yeshivah community in the United States, with the input of leading shadchanim and roshei mosdos.
True – the girls that are hurt are not the wealthy ones, they are not the Roshei Yeshivah einiklech, they are the vast hamoin am.. the daughters of the yungeleit, the struggling baal habatim, and so many others. We have girls who have not received a single shidduch call in months — if not ever.
The Torah commands us, “Lo Sa’amod al Dam Rei’echa” — do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor. The gedolei hador of the previous generation declared in writing that it is assur for anyone who can help to stand passively by. We cannot ignore the needs of half of Klal Yisroel. The time to act is now.
The call to Dearborn Heights police came around the time of Thursday’s attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township.
According to the report, Ghazali’s ex-wife told police he seemed very upset, but there was no indication she knew he planned to target the synagogue.
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Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is a miracle.
According to leaked audio, low-ranking Iranian officials can’t wrap their heads around how Mojtaba Khamenei conveniently left the room minutes before the Israeli strike on February 28, 2026.
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How will Trump respond? After the U.S. president demanded that NATO countries take part in protecting ships and oil tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, a large number of alliance members announced they would refuse the request.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius spoke out sharply against Trump’s demand.
“This is not our war-we did not start it. What does Donald Trump expect from a handful of European frigates in the Strait of Hormuz that the mighty U.S. Navy cannot handle on its own? That’s the question I find myself asking," Pistorius said.
A spokesperson for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also rejected Trump’s demand, stating: “NATO is an alliance for the defense of territories."
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, also opposed Trump’s request and said that Britain would not take part in a war against Iran.
“Britain will not be dragged into a wider war but is working on a sustainable plan. Ultimately, we must reopen the Strait of Hormuz to ensure stability in the oil market. This is not a simple task," Starmer said.
Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that “diplomacy must prevail," and also expressed opposition to expanding NATO’s naval missions to the Strait of Hormuz.
Other countries-including Australia, France, and Japan-have also stated that they have no plans to send warships to escort vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump had previously warned that if NATO countries do not help protect ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, “it will be very bad for the future of NATO," according to his statement.
