An Israel Defense Forces soldier who was missing for two days was found dead on Thursday, near a military checkpoint close to east Jerusalem, the military confirmed, saying that an investigation of the incident has been launched.
The body of Cpl. Sagi Ben-David, who had been missing since Tuesday, was located near the Hizma checkpoint, the IDF said, adding the family had been notified.
Ben David was stationed at the Anatot Base near Jerusalem, where he was last seen. He apparently turned off his phone when he left the base.
The IDF noted that the Israel Police was taking part in the investigation into the circumstances of his death, adding that while all leads are being pursued at this time, it appears his death was not a result of a nationalistically motivated act.
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Fox has hired a crisis management team to handle PR for their ratings crisis. #Foxit is real & it's spectacular.
Now Fox has finally acknowledged that theu had no idea what the hell they were doing when they said that DemocRATS would gain 5 seats in the house...
Fox News finally acknowledged eight days after the election that the Fox News Decision Desk incorrectly projected that Democrats would gain five seats in the House.https://t.co/BaJXbw1Q9T
🚨BREAKING: Georgia Senate Democratic Candidate Raphael Warnock hosted a celebration for Communist Dictator and Mass Murderer Fidel Castro at his church in 1995 pic.twitter.com/hQM7QdUU5Z
Yesterday, Brianna Keilar, the host of CNN’s “Right Now” put up a list of Republican Senators who have not publicly, “acknowledged Joe Biden is president-elect.”
What percentage of Democrats congratulated George W. Bush on his win over Al Gore while they were recounting votes in Florida? Zero percent?
Incidentally, they SHOULDN’T HAVE congratulated Bush at that point, nor should Murkowski, Romney, Collins, and Sasse have congratulated Biden. Reason being, Joe Biden IS NOT the president-elect yet.
There are court challenges happening that could conceivably overturn the election results and in that case, he would never be President.
Is it likely that those court challenges will succeed? Given the information we’ve seen publicly so far, no, it is not. Could there be more information they are holding back? Could there be a surprise ruling?
Given all the legitimate questions and concerns people have about this election, is it good to have these concerns reviewed by judges? Absolutely. Let the process play out and if Trump loses his court cases, congratulate away, like anything that petty matters in the long term anyway.
Alaska’s Republican Senator Dan Sullivan won his re-election race today, which guarantees Republicans at least fifty seats in the Senate. This news was announced right as we also learned that the State was finally called for President Donald Trump (as if there was any doubt).
Sullivan and Trump’s victories in Alaska are just the latest good news out of the state after we learned that Republicans flipped Alaska’s state House of Representatives.
That leaves Republicans with a 50-48 majority in the Senate, with two runoff races in Georgia to be decided in January. Whether or not Democrats can muster a technical majority in the Senate boils down to whether they can win both runoff races, and if Joe Biden does end up becoming President, in which case Kamala Harris would be able to cast the tie-breaker vote for Democrats.
In Georgia, Republican Kelly Loeffler will face Democrat challenger Raphael Warnock, while Republican David Perdue will face a challenge from Democrat Jon Ossoff. Georgia media outlet “Atlanta News Now” has a poll showing both Republicans leading slightly – which probably means they’re leading by a lot.
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Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty got into an argument with a Lyft driver which led to both her and the driver calling 911.
Despite the frequent riots in Portland, Jo Ann Hardesty has been an advocate of defunding the police. She wanted to take $18 million from the Portland Police Department to “reinvest” elsewhere.
“Well, I’ve got a Lyft driver that decided he would just drop me off at a filling station. Well, I’m not getting out of the car, in the dark, at a filling station, not happening. All because I asked him to put the window up. I’m not leaving. I am not going to allow him to leave me on the side of the road. I paid for a ride and he says he canceled it, so I’m just going to sit here until he sends me another ride.”
In case you are wondering, keeping the windows cracked is a COVID-19 related Lyft policy. Although the dispatcher explained to Hardesty that the driver wasn’t committing a crime, that she is sitting in the Lyft driver’s property, and that she, not the driver, would be the one to call Lyft, she insisted on having a police officer come out anyway. Meanwhile, the poor Lyft driver dealing with this nut had this to say in his 911 call,
“I’ve got a customer that I canceled the ride. I’m a rideshare driver and I canceled the ride, and I’ve taken her off the freeway to this filling station so that she can order another ride. I canceled the ride so she’s no longer involved or engaged with me. She’s refusing to get out of my car.”
‘I spent 40 years in the service business. ‘There’s always a few people, you cannot please them no matter what you do.’ He added that he felt the call ‘was so unnecessary … To argue and belittle and to treat me the way I felt she treated me was completely unnecessary.’
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Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” H.R. McMaster, a former National Security Advisor for the Trump administration, offered an assessment of what could come in the final days of the Trump administration, assuming the vote outcome goes in Joe Biden favor, regarding tensions between Iran and Israel.
McMaster said it was possible Israel could act if it has detected a threat from Iran.
“You know, Israel follows the Begin Doctrine, right, which means that they will not accept a hostile state having the most destructive weapons on Earth,” he said. “And we have seen this in the past with Israeli Defense Force strikes in Syria. Remember 2007, when North Korea was helping construct a nuclear weapons facility in the Syrian desert, and the Israeli Defense Force struck that, and also similar strikes in Iraq as well earlier than that. So I think that it’s a possibility.”
“We’re — in some ways, Bret, we are back to kind of the 2006 period, when we knew that Iran was pursuing this threshold nuclear weapons capability, and tensions were higher, and the IDF was about to act at that point,” McMaster continued. “This is, I think, one of the reasons, because of the increasing tension, that Iran said, oh, yes, I’d like to negotiate now, because the sanctions against Iran were starting to bite against them, and the Israeli Defense Force, I think, was considering action.”
McMaster also warned against trying to return to the Iran nuclear deal abandoned by the Trump administration in 2017.
“Yes, it would be a really big mistake, Bret, to try to turn the clock back to 2016 and resurrect the Iran nuclear deal,” he added.
“The Iran nuclear deal was a political disaster masquerading as a diplomatic triumph. It was a fundamentally flawed agreement, but what it didn’t do, and it didn’t — it didn’t consider really two fundamental issues that we have to take into consideration when you’re dealing with Iran, first of all, the hostile ideology of the regime, the ideology of the revolution, and, secondly, this four-decade-long proxy war against us, and the big payoffs to Iran, when the deal was signed, as well as the relief of sanctions. What did they do with that money?
They applied that money to intensifying the sectarian violence across the region, in an effort really to put a proxy army on the border of Israel.”
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Since his arrest by Israel in November 2002, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has paid terrorist Muhammad Naifeh ‘Abu Rabia’ NIS 892,200 (approx. $264,300) in reward for his acts of terrorism, according to a report by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW).
Monday marked the 18th anniversary of the murder of five Israelis in Kibbutz Metzer in 2002. Among those murdered were Revital Ohayun and her two children, five-year-old Matan and four-year-old Noam.
The attack was carried out by Sarhan Sarhan. Sarhan was sent to carry out the attack by Naifeh, a member of PA head Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party.
Sarhan was killed in a gun battle with Israeli security forces sent to arrest him in October 2003.
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engraving of two horned figures with outspread arms
A fortified building complex from the time of King David has been discovered in the southern Golan Heights, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Wednesday.
The archaeologists who uncovered the complex during IAA excavations in Moshav Haspin assess that it was a fort built by the Kingdom of Geshur (Iron Age, 11th-10th centuries BCE).
The excavation—conducted ahead of the construction of a new neighborhood in Haspin—was carried out predominantly by residents of Haspin and nearby Nov, in addition to youth from the pre-military academies at Natur, Kfar Hanassi, El Rom, Metzar and Katzrin. It was funded by Israel’s Housing and Construction Ministry and the Golan Regional Council.
According to IAA excavation directors Barak Tzin and Enno Bron, the fortified structure was built strategically on a hilltop above the Nahal El Al Reserve and encompassed by 5-foot-thick walls made of basalt boulders.
“In the excavation, we were astonished to make a rare and exciting find: a large basalt stone with a schematic engraving of two horned figures with outspread arms,” they said.
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סגן יו"ר הכנסת לא חוזר בו וטוען כי אירועי שמחות בית השואבה היו מסוכנים: "אלו אירועים שהרגו אנשים, ואת זה צריך לשים על השולחן. אי אפשר להתעלם מהנפטרים למשל בבעלזא". צפו (ארץ)
Mk Moshe Arbel told Israeli TV on an interview that he is 100% convinced that the spike in Covid-19 deaths in Israel in Chareidie circles was because of the "Bais Hoshivah" gatherings ... and balmes especially the Belzer community who had the most deaths ...
The left’sparanoia is peakingover the green light Attorney General Bill Barr gave the Department of Justice to look into any credible and “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities.
Barr “decided to be Donald Trump’s personal lawyer,” Rep. Adam Schiff sniffs. The AG is “seeding doubts about the legitimacy of the election,” whines Rep. Jerry Nadler. This would be “a good time to impeach” Barr, huffs The Nation’s John Nichols.
Please. Barr’s move was narrow, allowing his staff to review only substantial, “clear and apparently credible allegations of irregularities that, if true, could potentially impact the outcome” in an individual state.
“Specious, speculative, fanciful or far-fetched claims should not be a basis for initiating federal inquiries,” he said — and his memo didn’t mean the feds have found any such irregularities.
No matter. Richard Pilger, the chief of the DOJ’s election crimes branch, resigned in protest, and the left is citing that as proof of Barr’s overreach.
Yet Pilger isn’t quitting DOJ; he’s moving to a new post prosecuting corruption. And he may be a partisan himself: In 2010, Pilger talked to Lois Lerner, the IRS official accused of targeting conservative groups, about potentially prosecuting tax-exempt groups involved in political activity.
No, Barr did nothing untoward. Indeed, if voters are to have faith in the system, credible allegations of irregularities ought to be probed — and if unfounded, dismissed.
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According to a report by Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany, the Trump legal team has obtained 234 pages of sworn affidavits under penalty of perjury alleging election irregularities from just ONE county in Michigan.
McEnany detailed the categories of the irregularities reported in the affidavits in a tweet Wednesday afternoon.
The following are the categories of the irregularities reported:
– EYEWITNESS saw batch of ballots, 60% had SAME signature – EYEWITNESS saw ballot batch scanned 5 times – EYEWITNESS saw 50 ballots fed many times into scanner – EYEWITNESSES say Jan 1, 1900 was recorded in poll book as DOB for many not in book so they could count ballots – EYEWITNESS saw 35 ballots counted even though not connected to voter record – EYEWITNESS saw poll workers marking ballot with no mark for candidates – EYEWITNESSES saw ballots counted with no signature or postmark – VOTER said deceased son was recorded as voting twice – EYEWITNESS saw provisional ballots placed in tabulation box – PASSENGERS dropped off more ballots than people in car – WITNESS told ballots received after election were being pre-dated, counted – FAILED software that caused error in Antrim County used in Wayne County – GOP challengers not readmitted but Dems admitted – GOP challengers forced to stay away while Dems were not – GOP challengers physically pushed from counting tables by officials – GOP challengers subjected to racial harassment – DEM challengers gave out packet: “Tactics to Distract GOP Challengers” – Election officials covered windows so challengers couldn’t observe counting – Election officials cheered when GOP challenger ejected – GOP challenges to suspect ballots ignored – Challengers barred from observing ballot duplication process
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday that there will be a full audit of all ballots cast in the state in last week's presidential election.
All votes will be recounted by hand, Raffensperger stated.
“With the margin being so close, it will require a full, by-hand recount in each county,” Raffensperger said during a news conference. “This will help build confidence. It will be an audit, a recount and a recanvas all at once. It will be a heavy lift but we will work with the counties to get this done in time for our state certification."
This is the first full audit of a presidential election in Georgia's history.
Former Vice President Joe Biden currently leads President Donald Trump by 14,111 votes in Georgia.
Raffensperger called on the public to come forward with any evidence they may have of voter fraud.
“My office will continue to investigate each and every incidence of illegal voting. Double voting, felon voting, people voting out of state -- if you report it we will investigate it. Every legal vote will count,” Raffensperger said, adding that “we haven’t found any widespread fraud. We will investigate every single case that voters bring to us."
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The postal worker in Pennsylvania who congressional Democrats and a major US newspaper claimed had recanted his allegations of mail-in-ballot tampering is denying that he walked back his words.
In a video posted Tuesday evening, Richard Hopkins, a United States Postal Service worker in the must-win swing state, denied taking back his statements when speaking to authorities.
“I’m here to say I did not recant my statements. That did not happen,” said Hopkins, 32.
The news came hours after House Oversight Committee Democrats wrote in a series of tweetsthat investigators with the USPS Inspector General’s Office told staffers that Hopkins backed off his allegations during an interview Monday.
That same day, the Washington Post reported that Hopkins had admitted to investigators that he made up his allegations, citing three people briefed on the probe.
In a tweet that included Hopkins’ video saying he did not recant, President Trump weighed in on the matter, calling the postal worker “A brave patriot.”
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Florida’s governor has drafted “anti-mob” legislation to expand already controversial Stand Your Ground laws — to allow people to shoot looters, according to a report.
A draft of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed bill expands the list of “forcible felonies” under Florida’s self-defense law to include criminal mischief causing “interruption or impairment” of a business, according to the Miami Herald, which obtained a copy through a records request.
It also specifically allows force against those looting, which the draft defines as burglary within 500 feet of a “violent or disorderly assembly.”
DeSantis also wants to make it a third-degree felony to block traffic during a protest — and offer immunity to drivers who accidentally kill or injure protesters who do so, according to the Herald.
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During the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Chris Wallace of Fox News asked Biden if he would “pledge not to declare victory until the election is independently certified,” to which the former vice president answered, “yes.”
“Will you urge your supporters to stay calm while the vote is counted, and will you pledge not to declare victory until the election is independently certified?” asked Wallace of Biden at the first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
“And here’s the deal. We’ll count the ballots. As you pointed out, some of these ballots in some states can’t even be opened until Election Day, and if there’s thousands of ballots, it’s going to take time to do it,” added the former vice president.
Biden, however, has done nothing of the sort, as he has since carried on as if he is president-elect, promising that “we’re going to get right to work,” as he seemingly ignores the fact that the 2020 presidential election has not yet been independently certified.
The former vice president has also since urged all Americans to “wear a mask,” insisting that the “election is over.”
“The election is over,” Biden claimed. “I won’t be president until January 20, but my message today is to everyone — it doesn’t matter who you voted… we can save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months.”
Biden ended up delivering his victory speech on Saturday night, four days after the election.
Meanwhile, the 2020 presidential election has yet to be certified, as members of President Trump’s administration maintain that the president may actually be reelected.
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This convicted thief, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, is a bono-fide lunatic consumed by his hate for Netanyahu.... but finds love in his polluted heart for an animal that encouraged violence on his brothers and sisters. Erekat promoted, financed and pushed for the armed struggle against the State of Israel.
This sick loser obsessed with Netanyahu writes a column full of lies and fabricated tales in the Jerusalem Post every single week... he is an irrelevant egotistical narcissist has-been. He is trying in this interview, to humanize a sick now dead dog.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday hailed Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat as "a man of peace, a man of honor".
Erekat died on Tuesday at the age of 65 from COVID-19. He had been treated in an Israeli hospital in recent weeks.
Speaking to i24NEWS, Olmert, who negotiated with the Palestinian Authority in 2008, said Erekat "was anxious to resolve the historical conflict between Israel and the Palestinians with a peace agreement."
Saying that negotiating with Erekat was not easy, Olmert asserted that "we were very close to achieving peace in 2008, when I negotiated on behalf of Israel, and Mahmoud Abbas and Saeb Erekat negotiated on behalf of the Palestinians."
He stressed that Erekat had nothing to do with the fact that the talks ended up bearing little fruit, pointing at PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas as the one who was supposed to make the ultimate decision.
Olmert argued that Erekat represented the Palestinian Arabs in "a much more moderate manner than many others," saying he had agreed to a demilitarized Palestinian state, one that would have no army -- only the law enforcement agencies.
Erekat was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem last month, after he was infected with the coronavirus.
A survivor of pulmonary fibrosis, Erekat was at elevated risk for the coronavirus, and was listed in serious condition when he was admitted to the hospital.
Rev Raphael Warnock is running to replace Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to the seat after Johnny Isakson resigned. A special election will be held Jan 5 & is expected to be closely contested.
Warnock gave a speech as pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, King’s old congregation.
In the speech, Warnock lamented the “tough week” in which the US opened its embassy in Jerusalem as Palestinians in Gaza marched to the border in protest.
“Standing there were the president’s family & a few mealy-mouthed evangelical preachers who are responsible for the mess we find ourselves in, both there & here — misquoting & misinterpreting Scripture, talking peace.
” “Meanwhile, young Palestinian sisters & brothers, who struggle for their very lives, for water & for their human dignity stood up in non-violent (sic) protest, saying, ‘If we’re gonna die, we’re gonna die strugglin’ And yes, there've been some folk who were violent, but we oughta know how that works out. We know what it’s like to stand up peacefully & have the media focus on a few violent uprisings. But you have to look at those Palestinian sisters & brothers, who struggle for their human dignity & have a right to self-determination, a right to breathe free.” “We need a two-state solution,”
Warnock continued.
“We saw Israel shoot down unarmed Palestinian sisters & brothers like birds of prey.” “It's wrong to shoot down God’s children like they don’t matter at all. It’s no more anti-Semitic for me to say that than it's anti-white for me to say Black lives matter. Palestinian lives matter.”
Asked for comment on the video, Warnock’s campaign told Jewish Insider that its opponents were “going thru 1000s of hours of footage trying to find a way to misrepresent who Reverend Warnock is & scare Georgians.”
In the op-ed, Warnock acknowledged he's “deeply concerned about settlements,” calling it a “threat to the two-state solution.” He vowed to advocate for Palestinians as senator, “because I want to see a Palestinian state.”
The sermon resurfaced days after a letter he signed in 2019 likening Israeli control of the West Bank to “previous oppressive regimes” was picked up by Jewish Insider.
Published by the National Council of Churches, says Israel’s “heavy militarization of the West Bank is reminiscent of military occupation of Namibia by apartheid South Africa.” “We felt Palestinian fear that gives rise to a paradoxical combination of despair & hopeful resolve in a grinding & dehumanizing existence,” the letter read.
In his op-ed, Warnock rejects accusations he likened Israel to South Africa. Warnock’s opponent, Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler, accused the reverend of having “a long history of anti-Israel extremism.” “He embraced anti-Zionist Black Lives Matter. And he thinks Israel is an ‘oppressive regime’ for fighting back against terrorism,” she tweeted.
The Warnock campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for further comment
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