Yes. Democrats are trying to stop a Republican President from further arming the Muslim Brotherhood.
— Dumisani Washington (@DumisaniTemsgen) July 6, 2026
Republicans acting like this isn’t happening is COVID-era-level gaslighting. https://t.co/YSc9Q6T2xo
DIN:On June 26, Rabbi Yair Hoffman published a column titled "Entebbe — Fifty Years Later – Some New Perspectives". In that column he finds some story that he says caused Idi Amin to turn on Israel and then he jumps through halachic hoops to justify the rescue, he ultimately arrives at the obvious conclusion that "the rescuers were true heroes!!" But first, instead of just sticking to the miraculous amazing rescue, he needs to dig up a story to bad mouth the Generals of the IDF! Unbelievable!
I am baffled, how low have we sunk that this even needs to be debated?
I saw comments — now deleted — from several Yeshivishe guys claiming that the IDF “should not have done the rescue because al pi halacha you cannot endanger rescuers to save hostages.” Of course, had the hostage been their mother, sister, or child, they would have suddenly discovered a different halacha obligating the rescue. Funny how flexible some people’s “principles” become when the situation is personal.
The reason that Rabbi Hoffman had that column to begin with is because he caters to these Yeshivishe guys that couldn't in their wild imagination give Hakoras Hatoiv to the Zionists! If it were a bunch of Satmar Chassidim that had carried out that rescue then Rabbi Hoffman would never have even written that article! They refuse to acknowledge that it is in fact the Zionists that would do anything in the world to rescue a Jew in need! I had a classmate who was a hostage and when he returned he made a huge Seudas Hoidah with many prominent Gedoilim attending and he was of course praising the IDF and it wasn't an issue, but in today's world where hating Zionists is now the norm in the Yeshivishe bubble, they need to search for a heter and reluctantly say that the "Rescuers (Rav Hoffman couldn't bring himself to say IDF) were heroes"
Article below by Leo Pearlman
July 4th marked the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most extraordinary military operations in modern history.
On 4th July 1976, Israeli commandos flew more than 2,500 miles into Uganda, stormed Entebbe Airport and rescued more than one hundred hostages in an operation so audacious that it has become the benchmark against which every hostage rescue mission since has been measured.
The anniversary made me wonder something. Not whether Israel could still carry out such an operation, but whether the world would still celebrate it. Would newspapers celebrate Israel’s courage? Would governments praise its resolve? Would commentators still describe it as a triumph of good over evil?
Then I realised we don’t need to wonder, because almost fifty years later, Israel carried out another extraordinary hostage rescue operation. This time it wasn’t Entebbe, it was Nuseirat and in the difference between those two moments lies a story not only about Israel, but about us.
Before going any further, it’s worth acknowledging something that should not need saying.
Israel is not perfect, no democracy is. Like every democratic nation, it has elected governments that have made mistakes, pursued policies worthy of criticism and produced leaders whose words and actions many people. including many Israelis, have opposed. Recent years have provided no shortage of examples.
But that isn’t what this essay is about. If the difference between Entebbe and Nuseirat can simply be explained by disagreement with one Israeli government, then we learn nothing. Democracies change governments, but if our moral principles change every time they do, they were never principles at all.
What changed over those fifty years was something much deeper. It was the moral framework through which the Jewish state came to be judged.
The hijacking of Air France Flight 139 began like countless acts of terrorism before it. Armed terrorists seized a civilian aircraft and diverted it to Uganda, where they were welcomed by Idi Amin’s regime.
Once on the ground, something happened that sent a chill through Jewish communities around the world. The passengers were separated, the Jewish and Israeli hostages were kept, most of the others were released.
Barely three decades after the Holocaust, Jews once again found themselves being selected by armed men. Israel refused to accept it.
Marc Kasowitz’s firm had represented 43 Jewish and Israeli students who alleged Columbia failed to protect them during the violent anti-Israel protests and encampments that engulfed the Ivy League campus in Manhattan after the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks on Israel.
The plaintiffs said that at first, they were thrilled to be repped by Kasowitz, a veteran Manhattan litigator who was the legal face of a national campaign against campus antisemitism.
Attorney Marc Kasowitz’s law firm preyed on the Columbia University students it represented in the aftermath of antisemitic protests on campus, according to a lawsuit.
Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics and EMTs provided her with medical treatment and evacuated her in critical condition to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where doctors pronounced her dead.
According to testimonies, the baby’s older sister slept with her in the same bed and apparently unintentionally pressed on her. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation.
The police said that officers from the Beit Shemesh station who arrived at the scene opened an investigation and began collecting evidence to clarify the circumstances of the death.
MDA said that upon arrival at the scene, the infant was brought to the teams unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing. The teams began advanced resuscitation efforts, including chest compressions and ventilation.
MDA emergency medic Rafael Tolidano said: “When we arrived at the building, they brought us the baby who was unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing."
He added: “We began advanced resuscitation procedures, including compressions and ventilation, and evacuated her in an intensive care ambulance to the hospital, with her condition defined as critical."
הפרגוד: מי שחשב שהענקנו גיבוי לאלימות. צריך להדגיש כי העימות המתמשך בחסידות סאדיגורה כבר מזמן חרג מגבולות מחלוקת פנימית. לאורך השנים ידעה החברה החרדית מאבקים על הנהגה וירושה בחצרות שונות, אך התיעודים מהתקופה האחרונה על עימותים, אלימות ואווירה מתוחה צריכים להטריד כל מי שעתידו של… pic.twitter.com/rgXZ8CHW3S
— הפרגוד (@moshepargod) July 5, 2026
To those who thought we provided backing for violence. It must be emphasized that the ongoing conflict in the Sadigura Hasidic community has long exceeded the boundaries of an internal dispute.
Over the years, the Haredi society has known struggles over leadership and inheritance in various courts, but the recent documentation of confrontations, violence, and a tense atmosphere should trouble anyone for whom the future of the Hasidic world is precious.
One can argue, debate in a rabbinical court, and even pursue legal proceedings, but it is forbidden for such a struggle to lead to threats, intimidation, or physical confrontations. The moment violence becomes a tool in the dispute, everyone loses, regardless of the question of who is right.
The responsibility lies first and foremost on the leaders and influential figures from both sides (the Admorim) to set a clear boundary and calm the spirits. If it is not stopped now, the damage will not be only to the Sadigura Hasidut.
Rav Tamir Granot, whose son was killed while serving in the IDF, says he spent months quietly meeting with leading gedolim after his loss, hoping to bridge the divide between the chareidi and religious Zionist communities over military service. In a wide-ranging interview, he claimed that while some senior rabbinic leaders privately agreed with aspects of his message, they were unwilling to express those views publicly.
The interview opened with interviewer Moshe Mansa recounting a conversation with a chareidi educator who described Rav Granot as one of the most influential—and, in his view, dangerous—figures in the current debate.
“The voice is the voice of Yaakov, but the hands are the hands of Esav. He looks like one of us. He speaks our language of Torah learning. We can’t simply dismiss him because he sacrificed the most precious thing in the world—his son. Instead of going through the rabbanim, he’s trying to reach our yeshiva bochurim directly and persuade them to enlist.”
Rav Granot said he understands why some perceive him as a threat but believes those fears stem from deep anxiety.
Watch a Charedie Thief take a Cement Mikva Dip
There is no question that this guy is "Pasul Le'Edis" and should he be a witness at a wedding there may be issues with that Chuppa!
