Republicans Pick Israeli Paratrooper As Their Candidate To Replace George Santos

 

Republicans have picked a little-known county lawmaker who once served in the Israeli military as their candidate in a special election to replace ousted congressman George Santos, party officials said Thursday.

Nassau County legislator and former Israeli paratrooper Mazi Pilip will face off against Democratic former congressman Tom Suozzi in a Feb. 13 special election for the seat, which includes northern parts of Queens and Long Island.

The selection pits Pilip, a relatively unknown local lawmaker from Ethiopia, against a political veteran in Suozzi, who previously represented the district for six years during a lengthy career in Long Island politics.

In a statement, Republicans in Queens and Nassau County loosely outlined some of her potential policy positions and said she would bring a new perspective to the House.

“Pilip is an effective tax fighter who will prioritize public safety, economic recovery, border security and tax relief in Congress,” the statement read. “She will bring a fresh new perspective to Washington, starkly contrasting her from the candidate for the other major political party.”

The party will hold a formal announcement ceremony for Pilip on Friday. She did not immediately return a message left at her office.

The election is expected to draw significant attention as both parties zero in on New York as a potential battleground for control of the House.

Republicans picked Pilip after vetting a number of potential candidates following the expulsion of Santos from Congress earlier this month.

Yiddish Nachas . Satmar Rebbe's Grandson Lights the 7th Chanukah Candle in Gaza

 

חיים הרש מייזליש נין מרן רבינו הברך משה מסאטמאר מדליק נר שביעי של חנוכה בעזה pic.twitter.com/xibfihsgQH

— ישראל כהן (@Israelcohen911) December 14, 2023

 

Bipartisan resolution calls on university heads to quit after antisemitism testimony

 

Crazed Stuff Out Of Biden Admin : Iran Has Already Accessed $10 Billion it Received Under Sanctions Waiver

 

A Biden administration official acknowledged on Wednesday that Iran has made two “transactions” using money held in a bank in Oman under a sanctions waiver that was granted to the Islamic Republic last month.

Speaking at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, Elizabeth Rosenberg said that Iran has spent part of $10 billion of revenues for selling electricity to Iraq, which was held in an Omani escrow account.

Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.), chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, asked Rosenberg: “Have there been any humanitarian transactions facilitated from the Iranian funds held in Oman?”

“There have been two transactions,” confirmed Rosenberg, assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes at the U.S. Treasury Department, adding that she would only provide additional detail about those transactions in a classified setting.

Wednesday’s hearing appears to be the first acknowledgment by the Biden administration that Iran has spent part of the funds it received under these sanctions waivers.

Rosenberg did not say when the transactions took place. The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a query from JNS.

Liberman: "Give Gaza to Egypt, the PA to Jordan ..All Ammunitions Should be Manufactured in Israel

 

Israel Beiteinu Chairman MK Avigdor Liberman announced right after October 7 that he is willing and able to join a wall-to-wall Netanyahu government without preconditions but has remained in the opposition because he wasn’t offered a seat at the war cabinet table. Unlike Opposition Chairman MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) who demanded the expulsion of Ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich before he joined the government, Liberman’s refusal to join was not politically motivated. He was eager to influence security decisions, not play cheerleader to the real decision-makers.

In a Thursday interview in Maariv, Liberman sketched a decisive approach to Israel’s security needs for the coming ten years: increase the defense budget significantly, produce all the ammunition for the IDF in Israel, and stop relying only on the Air Force.

Liberman, who in 2018 resigned as Netanyahu’s defense minister over the decision to declare a truce with Hamas (Liberman wanted to move in and destroy Hamas), is now offering his latest solution to the deterioration in the relationship between Israel and the “Palestinians.”

PM Netanyahu made headlines this week with his rejection of giving the Palestinian Authority any control over Gaza after the war. Bibi was bold and defiant but has also chosen to not openly say what should be done in Gaza the day after, absent a PA takeover, realizing that by not openly stating a policy, he keeps the reservists united and makes it much more difficult for Israel’s opponents to block those options in advance.

GIVE GAZA BACK TO EGYPT, AREA A TO JORDAN

IDF Soldier Says Shema Israel over Jenin Mosque PA System

 

During an IDF police action against terrorists in Jenin, the Palestinian Authority, this week, this nice soldier turned on the PA system of a mosque at the center of town and shared with the faithful a joyous recitation of the Shema Israel.

Since the war began, it was discovered that numerous mosques were used for terror attacks and storing weapons.

Unfortunately, the IDF removed the reservists involved in the video from combat service.

Allah's "Wrath" Kills Turkish Lawmaker 2 Days After Collapsing

 

A member of the Turkish parliament, Hasan Bitmez, died on Thursday, two days after collapsing while delivering an anti-Israel rant on the floor of the plenum.

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced his death.

The lawmaker, who apparently suffered a heart attack while speaking to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, was saved by his colleagues, who also had him rushed to the hospital.

Bitmez, a 54-year-old member of the Felicity Party, fell next to the podium while delivering his fiery rhetoric against the backdrop of an easel carrying a placard reading “Israel murders.”

In his speech, he warned Israel that it was due to face divine punishment. “You will not escape the wrath of Allah,” he said, right before he lost consciousness, fainting and seemingly hitting his head on the floor. 

Chabad Rabbi Tells Disturbing Fact to Harvard President "Gay in drerd"

 

Harvard’s Chabad emissary, Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi shared a very disturbing fact during the Menorah lighting on campus and in the presence of university’s president Dr. Claudine Gay on Wednesday.

Standing by a large menorah at Harvard’s Widener Library, Rabbi Zarchi delivered a passionate speech criticizing the university’s stance on antisemitism on Wednesday night, Gabby Deutch reported for JewishInsider.com.

Speaking in front of Harvard President Claudine Gay, Rabbi Zarchi emphasized the difficulties faced by Jewish students, citing a climate of fear and security concerns, especially after hosting a footage screening of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel that drew criticism.

Rabbi Zarchi also disclosed a disheartening aspect: Harvard’s demand that he remove the menorah at night due to fears of vandalism, despite its religious and historical significance.

“You know what happens to the menorah? After everyone leaves the Yard, we’re gonna pack it up. We have to hide it somewhere,” Rabbi Zarchi said. Harvard “would not allow us to leave the menorah here overnight, because there’s fear that it’ll be vandalized.”

This removal symbolized a lack of acceptance or safety for Jewish symbols on campus. He called for a transformative shift, advocating for a campus where such symbols can be openly displayed without fear of reprisal.

During his speech, President Gay, accompanied by her husband, listened without making any public comments. She has been heavily criticized for refusing to tell a congressional hearing that calling for the genocide of Jews was against Harvard policy.

However, she participated in the ceremonial lighting of the menorah’s shamash, which marks the seventh night of Chanukah.

Rabbi Zarchi urged her to take a more vocal stance against antisemitism, encouraging active support for the Jewish community on campus.

This report first appeared on the COLlive.com website.

Biden Giving Palestinians License To Kill Settlers by Suspending Sale of 20K Rifles

 

The Biden administration is once again holding up licenses for selling more than 20,000 US-made M16 rifles to Israel on the charge that they would be distributed to “violent extremist” settlers, Axios reported Wednesday night.

The decision to withhold the sale came after Israel had already guaranteed back on November 6 that none of these weapons would go to the settlers, violent or otherwise. Ravid cited US officials who told him that after the deal had been approved, the State Department decided to “slow-walk the process,” demanding a new review of the licenses. Ravid claims that this renewed concern was the handiwork of a sworn enemy of the Jewish settlement enterprise, Central Command Commander General Yehuda Fox.

Let’s unpack.

10 IDF troops killed by Hamas in Gaza fighting — highest single-day loss of life since October

 

Israeli forces suffered their worst single-day losses in over a month during a bloody Hamas ambush — which also claimed the life of the highest ranking officer killed since fighting broke out, officials announced Wednesday.

A total of 10 Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers were killed in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including 44-year-old Col. Itzhak Ben Basat, according to the Times of Israel.

Many of the troops were killed in Gaza City’s Shejaia district, when they were surprised by Hamas terrorists while trying to rescue another group of soldiers, according to Reuters.

It was the worst single-day loss the IDF had since October 31, when 15 troops were killed.

Hamas proudly flaunted news of the casualties, claiming they demonstrated Israel’s inability to bring Gaza to its knees.

“The longer you stay there, the greater the bill of your deaths and losses will be, and you will emerge from it carrying the tail of disappointment and loss, God willing,” the terrorist organization said.

Heavy fighting continued throughout the day in both north and southern Gaza.

Bombing runs were flown by Israeli warplanes across the length of the territory, while winter rains created wet fighting conditions for troops on the ground.

Israeli Ambassador Rips Two-State Solution In Heated Interview Exchange

 

In an interview with Sky News, Tzipi Hotovely, Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, rejected outright the concept of a two-state solution to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict that long preceded the current war with Hamas.

“The answer is absolutely no,” Hotovely said.

“The reason the Oslo Accords failed is because the Palestinians never wanted to have a state next to Israel – they want a state from the river to the sea.”

“So the two-state solution is dead?” the interviewer asked.

“Why are you obsessed with a formula that never worked, that created these radical people on the other side. Why are you obsessed with that?” Hotovely shot back.

This statement comes amid discussions by US officials about the involvement of a “reformed” and “revitalized” Palestinian Authority in the governance of Gaza when the ongoing conflict concludes.

Philanthropic Foundations Including Jewish Ones Such as Levi Strauss, Schwab & Weingart Provided Millions in Funding to Cair

 

Ryan Mauro, an investigative researcher for the Capital Research Center, has written a report documenting the 20 top philanthropic funders of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the organization whose co-founder and executive director, Nihad Awad, declared himself “happy” upon learning of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks in Israel.

Those attacks led to the murders of 1,200 people, with thousands wounded and as many as 240 men, women and children taken hostage into the Gaza Strip, where about half remain.

The top three groups provided more than $1 million apiece: American Online Giving Foundation ($1,637,087), Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,499,447) and Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund ($1,474,868).

Six groups provided the self-described Muslim civil-rights and advocacy group, which has been charged with antisemitic rhetoric and actions over the years, with $500,000 or more: California Endowment, ($785,604), Schwab Charitable Fund ($782,178), California Community Foundation ($781,065), Sierra Health Foundation ($637,558), Tides Foundation ($631,300), Weingart Foundation ($602,950) and K. Kellogg Foundation ($500,000).

The remaining 10 organizations each provided more than $300,000. These include the San Francisco Foundation ($494,000); Network for Good ($489,800); MarJac Foundation, which Mauro describes as a group linked to the Muslim Brotherhood ($450,000); Charities Aid Foundation ($406,000); California Wellness Foundation ($350,000); Movement Voter Project ($348,240); Columbus Foundation ($336,250); American Endowment Foundation ($315,600); Levi Strauss Foundation ($310,000); and the Orange County Community Federation ($301,255).

“Now should be a time of reckoning for left-wing philanthropy,” wrote Mauro. “Hamas’s attacks on Israel and the crisis of anti-Semitism should compel a reconsideration of funding to any entity that foments Jew-hatred or advocates for terrorist organizations and their causes.”

Hamas Used Poisonous Gas To Kill Nahal Oz Soldiers

 

An investigation into the nature of the deaths of IDF observer corps soldiers serving on the Nahal Oz base on October 7 has revealed that they were killed by a toxic gas that caused suffocation and loss of consciousness within a few minutes of exposure.

According to a report published by Channel 12, the main findings of the investigation indicated that an unspecified but toxic flammable substance was apparently thrown through the entrance of the building which housed the soldiers’ command center. One of the soldiers at the entrance to the building attempted to extinguish the flames but was unsuccessful and the fire continued to spread.

“They set fire to materials that ignited and spread, which contained toxic gases that could cause suffocation in a few minutes or even less than that,” Channel 12 quoted the officer delivering the report as saying. The reporter added that the estimated time of a few minutes was an optimistic one.

As the fire continued to spread, the smoke began to enter the command center, where 22 people, including many of the observer corps soldiers, were hiding. In an attempt to ward off the smoke, the soldiers soaked some paper towels with water to fill the gap under the door but it didn’t work and the effects of the gas began to take hold.

“The soldiers began to leave the room and search for an exit. They were coughing and some couldn’t breathe,” the IDF officer told Channel 12. “Some told us that they felt they were stepping on some people, they tried to pick them up, and with the rest of their strength tried to call to them. They were simply surviving and trying to figure out how to get themselves out of there.”

When they reached the emergency exit, however, the soldiers realized that the door was on fire, and there was no way of opening it or even getting close to it. Those who were still able continued to search for an exit and eventually reached the bathrooms, where a small window led to the outside.

One of the officers climbed up to the window and smashed it, allowing him, five other officers and one surveillance soldier to escape the toxic inferno. The other fifteen soldiers in the command center died  apparently asphyxiated by the noxious fumes. Six other soldiers from the base were taken hostage.

Jewish men dance with a fire extinguisher in video poking fun at anti-Semitic Polish MP Grzegorz Braun who put out Hanukkah candles

 

A Polish politician who angrily sprayed a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles inside Poland's parliament building yesterday has been ruthlessly mocked by the Jewish community in the city of Lodz.

In a video clip shared on social media, a group of Jewish men in high spirits are seen holding a fire extinguisher aloft and passing it to one another as they danced, laughing and poking fun at Grzegorz Braun's stunt yesterday. 

The atmosphere was jovial, with onlookers clapping and moving along to traditional Jewish music, before one participant feigned outrage and jokingly enacted throwing the fire extinguisher at the camera. 

The footage has racked up hundreds of thousands of views amid the outcry at Braun, who has been widely criticized for the anti-Semitic act after he described the Hanukkah as 'satanic' and said he was restoring 'normality' by extinguishing the candles. 

The right-wing, pro-Russian member of Poland's Confederation party was thrown out of Poland's Sejm after ripping the red extinguisher from the wall of the government building and blasting the menorah, filling the air with a lingering haze.

But supporters of the lawmaker leapt to his defence, with an online fundraiser drumming up more than £14,000 after the MP was docked six months of salary, plus another three months of half salary, for his actions. 

A lawyer representing Braun who organized the fundraising drive posted on Twitter: 'The Sejm should only use Polish symbols and it is not a place of religious worship.

Company that won a no-bid contract to feed NYC's migrants trashed 70,000 meals - worth $776,000 - in just one month

 

 Meal provided by DocGo seen above

A company awarded a no-bid contract to care for and feed New York City's migrants trashed as many as 70,000 uneaten meals worth $776,000 in just one month, per a new report.

DocGo, a medical services company, was given the $432 million deal to care for about 4,000 migrants in the city's care upstate - but has been accused of wasting taxpayer money as mayor Eric Adams was forced to slash billions from city services to fund the crisis. 

From October 22 to November 10, the company threw out over 70,000 meals, marking them as 'wasted' in internal documents reviewed by The New York Times. The trashed food cost taxpayers about $776,000. As the Times notes, at this rate wasted food would cost the city $1million a month. 

Final Letter of Major Ben Zussman States: "If I fall into captivity, dead or alive. I will not allow a single soldier or citizen to be harmed because of some bargaining made for my releas

 

“I am writing this letter to you as I am heading to the base. If you are reading it, something must have happened to me. You know me, so no one could be happier than me right now. It was no coincidence that I was on the verge of fulfilling my dream. I am happy and grateful for the privilege I will have to defend our beautiful land and the people of Israel.

In case something happens to me, I don’t permit you to sink in to sadness. I’ve had the privilege of fulfilling my dream and destiny and you can be certain that I am looking down on you with a huge smile. I will probably sit next to grandpa and catch up on what we’ve missed, each of us will share our experiences and what’s changed between the wars. Maybe we’ll also talk a little politics, and l’ll ask him what he thinks.

If God forbid you are sitting shiva (the week of mourning), transform it into a week of friends, family and fun. There should be good food, meat of course, beer, soft drinks, nuts, and of course mom’s cookies. Tell jokes, share stories and you’ll get to meet all the rest of my friends that you haven’t yet met. You know? I envy you. I would want to sit there and see everyone.

Another matter that is very, very important. If God forbid, I fall into captivity, dead or alive. I will not allow a single soldier or citizen to be harmed because of some bargaining made for my release. I don’t allow you to conduct a campaign or struggle or anything of the sort. I am not willing to have terrorists released for me. In no way, shape or form. Don’t misconstrue my words please.

I’ll say it again, I left the house without even being called up to reserve duty. I am filled with pride and a sense of purpose and I always said that if I have to die, I wish it would be in defense of others and the State. ‘Jerusalem, I have placed guards, that one day will come and I will be one of them.”

Unfortunately there are no more babies To wash!!!

 

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UN Hypocrites

 

‘Those who show compassion to the evil, end up being evil to the compassionate.”

 

by Hillel Fuld 

I have to say something I’ve been thinking about since the beginning of this war, and even before.

This is not aimed at our enemies or even at the supporters of our enemies. This isn’t even aimed at people on the fence.

This is aimed at us. This is for the people who are on the right side of history, those who side with Israel.

I get it. You’re compassionate. We are a compassionate people. It’s beautiful.

Except when it’s not beautiful.

‘Those who show compassion to the evil, end up being evil to the compassionate.”

Listen, I am a marketer, I get it. I understand that optics matter. I realize that perception is reality.

All that being said, please remember what we’re doing here, why we are fighting this war.

We are not fighting this war so the world will love us. I mean, diplomatic and financial support are nice, don’t get me wrong, but they are NOT our top priority.

We need to, first and foremost, worry about our own military objectives. And when public perception and our own interests contradict each other, we need to make sure we don’t forget why we’re doing what we’re doing.

For example, if hundreds of Hamas terrorists surrender and we have to strip them down to their underwear not for our own fun, but because we need to make sure they are not carrying explosives, I’m sorry that some people find that offensive because “They’re human beings and deserve to be treated as such”, but our safety comes first.

Besides, it’s about time our people had a reason to smile and Hamas had a reason to feel shame.

It doesn’t make us immoral if we want a cruel enemy who did what Hamas did to pay for their crimes. That is the epitome of morality.

So I get it, it’s against our nature to be violent and aggressive. But sometimes, we need to speak our enemy’s language. Sometimes we need to exit our national comfort zone and do what is needed to ensure our safety and our victory.

Almost every time I post something about Hamas leaders being assassinated, I get someone, generally someone with a Jewish name, telling me that I shouldn’t be happy about our enemy being killed.

“That’s not what we’re about.”

Literally after I posted that Chabad had set up shop in Gaza and how beautiful it was to see, I get a message from a nice Jewish man telling me that my post disgusted him.

Enough already with the compassion for the most evil people the world has seen in a very very long time.

Take that compassion and save it for our hostages, our soldiers, the families of the fallen heroes, and not for savage terrorists.

Feeling compassion for Hamas is not morality, it’s literally the opposite.

Not that I need to prove that point or anything but let’s not forget where morality came from. How does the world know it’s immoral to murder? From the Torah.

And again, the Torah is the epitome of compassion, but several times in the Torah, there is a commandment of eliminating the evil from amongst you.

So please, try to apply your compassion where it belongs instead of worrying so much about Hamas’ feelings or how something is going to look in the media.

If this war hasn’t taught you that no matter what we do, the media will spin it against us, nothing will.

So since the media will spin it anyway and since Hamas has clearly shown that compassion for them just brings more death, enough already.

Focus your energy on helping us win this war in any way you can and stop with the misplaced compassion.

I’m sure you can imagine how exhausting it is for me to spend my days trying to spread positivity and constantly getting called out by our own for celebrating our wins.

And while we’re on the topic…

There are some people who simply don’t know how to accept wins. It’s like people who can’t take compliments.

Hundreds of terrorists surrendered yesterday. A huge win!

And my comments were full of people saying, “What are we gonna do with them now? We have no room in our prisons!”

Then there were the people who said “This is tragic. They should be dead, not captured!”

Then there was the “This is a trap. Don’t be so happy.”

And on and on and on!

It is beyond exhausting.

Why can’t people just celebrate instead of constantly looking for things to complain about?

Anyway, we all need to pay attention to our perspective and make sure we don’t confuse morality with immorality.

Eliminating evil from this world and celebrating it does not make us barbaric or evil.

Just like we mourn our tragic losses, we need to celebrate our heroic wins!

I will never not smile at seeing savage terrorists who paraded Jewish women around in their pickup truck, sit stripped down in an IDF vehicle after having surrendered like a bunch of cowardly insects.

Sorry, not sorry.

High Schooler marked incorrect on quiz for saying only women can get pregnant

Chief Sealth International High School

 A Seattle high schooler was marked incorrect on a history quiz when he stated that only women can get pregnant, according to a report.

The 10th-grade student at Chief Sealth International High School reportedly failed the true-false quiz titled “Understanding Gender vs. Sex” in his Ethnic Studies World History class, his mother told the conservative radio show The Jason Rantz Show Sunday.

The student labeled two statements “true” — The first that “All men have penises” and the second that “Only women can get pregnant.” He was marked incorrect for both and failed the “knowledge check” quiz as a result, said his mother, who asked to be anonymous so that her son doesn’t get penalized.

“I keep trying to wrap my head around how it is legal to teach inaccurate information and force students to answer against their beliefs or receive negative scores,” she told the KTTH radio show.

Other questions on the quiz — which was administered about two weeks ago — asked students about pronoun usage and gender as a construct, according to the talk show.

The mom who said she felt “frustration and anger” over the quiz also said her son, who is white, is often berated by teachers at the school who have reportedly accused him of being racist and “a product of the patriarchy that teaches young boys not to care about anything,” according to the Rantz show.

Seattle Public Schools said the quiz was meant to promote inclusion and was in line with lessons taught in the Ethnic Studies class. A course description states that students would be “investigating… the global economy, society, and culture.”

“[Seattle Public Schools] remains committed to fostering inclusive environments that encourage the exploration of contemporary issues, particularly the examination of power systems such as racism and patriarchy,” a spokesperson for the district told The Post in a statement. “This dedication extends to providing a space for thoughtful exploration and dialogue on these issues.”

The district also noted the failing quiz grade will not affect the student’s overall grade in the class.

The student’s mother said her son was expressing his own beliefs with his quiz answers.

She told the Rantz show she is “proud of him because he refused to answer against his beliefs (which are medically and scientifically accurate, or at least used to be).”