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Monday, January 1, 2024

Biden’s 2023 failures will only get worse in 2024


By Post Editorial Board

It’s New Year’s Day, time to take stock of 2023 and consider what lies ahead for 2024 — and for President Biden, his grim past presages a harsh future in a reelection battle for the ages. 

Biden took office with expectations high: He was the man who would return us to politics as usual after the disruptions of the Trump years.

He would oversee a period of healing and reconciliation and get the country back on the right track. 

How’d that work out, Joe?

From his first days in the Oval Office, he pursued an agenda 100% driven by the most radical elements within his party. 

On the border, the economy and foreign policy, he followed cues from online activists and insurgent hard-left electeds like AOC and Rashida Tlaib.

He imposed policies that have done this country grave harm and continues to mock and disparage anyone who dares to point out that this doddering emperor has no clothes. 

The past year revealed, in all their full and ugly panoply, the consequences of Biden’s ignorant, arrogant philosophy (if you can call it that). 

Consider the migrant crisis, which he and the open-borders enthusiasts in his Cabinet manufactured. 

The past year was an utter catastrophe, as illegal migrants — including scores of names on the terror watchlist — streamed into the country.

The official tally for fiscal 2023 is 2.47 million encounters at the southern border (with at least 1.7 million “gotaways,” migrants seen but not apprehended, since 2021).

That doesn’t even begin to take into account those never spotted by CBP — or the 483,404 who have streamed in since the end of fiscal 2023. 

The strain from these unprecedented influxes is overwhelming tiny towns at the border, trapping Americans in Mexico and straining the fiscal health of cities as far away as New York to the breaking point. 

Yet Biden remains utterly indifferent, only offering bogus “action” like last week’s pointless Blinken-Mayorkas “mission to Mexico” that simply puffed the ego of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador while doing nothing to slow the illegal tide.

Then there’s the centerpiece of Biden’s re-election campaign, “Bidenomics.” 

The president and his flunkeys in the press insist that Biden’s economic stewardship has somehow been good for average Americans, that it is building the economy “from the middle out and the bottom up.”

No: Prices are up 17.4% since Joe took office.

When you isolate key expenses, the picture’s even worse. Food is up 20.3%; rent is up 18.6%; electricity is up 24.3%. 

Hezbollah may attempt to invade from Jordan

 


The IDF is fundamentally changing its operational preparedness on the Jordanian border in light of an uptick in weapons smuggling from the kingdom and the fear of Iranian-backed terror attacks that may occur along it during 2024, Israel Hayom reported on Monday.

According to the report, the scenario of reference for which the IDF Central Command is preparing is an attempt by Hezbollah, or other pro-Iranian militias, to infiltrate the Jordanian border into nearby Israeli communities.

Israel's eastern border with Jordan is 309 KM (192 miles) long, and it is Israel's longest border with any of her neighbors.

In the past two years, there has been a dramatic spike in arms smuggling from Jordan into Judea and Samaria, and the IDF estimates that Iran is behind the parcels. Over 1,000 weapons of different varieties were caught along the border.

Among other things, the smugglers bring in air-soft M16 assault rifles, which have their parts switched out in Israel to allow them to fire actual bullets.

In one instance, an Iranian-made claymore mine was caught. The IDF knows that only some of the smuggling attempts are caught. This is one of the explanations for the rise in terror attacks and the availability of weapons in Judea and Samaria in the past two years.

The IDF has already doubled the scope of its forces along the border, and its 2024 work plan is even more extensive. The IDF is expected to ask the cabinet to build a barrier along the border as there is between Israel and Egypt.

In addition, watch posts will be erected, security will be increased, and additional means will be installed to contend with smuggling and foil possible terror attacks.

In recent weeks, Israeli inhabitants of the Jordan Valley have been reporting frequent sounds of gunfire from the area of the border. In light of the residents' complaints and as a lesson from the Hamas attack, the community security squads were reinforced with the goal of stopping a possible invasion.

Unbelievable FOOTAGE: New Video Shows Hamas Terrorists Roaming Freely In Israel On Oct. 7

 

Israel Channel 12 news aired previously unseen footage from the Hamas attack on October 7, showcasing the extent of the terror group’s infiltration into southern Israel.

The footage, which was captured by Hamas members, depicted terrorists moving freely for several hours in the region, including incursions into Kibbutz Sufa and other nearby communities.

The video material was obtained by Israeli authorities from the body cameras of the gunmen. This footage provides a rare and direct insight into the actions and movements of the Hamas members during their incursion into Israeli territory.


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Satmar's "girlfriend" Hochul Stabs them in the back, though they endorsed her and Kicked Lee Zeldin to the curb





DIN:
I'm personally for continued development because the Jewish community is growing B"H and needs housing. Having said that, this news item would be too funny for words if it wasn't so tragic.  They endorsed the shiksa because she promised them $$$$$ and permits for development, and threw Lee Zeldin "the Jew" under the bus.  Satmar has a habit of always reminding the Zionists that "we are still in galut" but they refuse to apply this rule to themselves. I am confident that they haven't learned anything from this episode and will continue to endorse candidates that stand against Torah Values as long as those candidates promise them "Benjamins, " and as we all witnessed, they don't even have to deliver!  

A pair of laws signed into effect by Governor Kathy Hochul last week will tighten up the process by which villages can be created, with the proposed Sullivan County village of Ateres the only exemption to the new legislation.


The new laws will raise the 500 person population requirement to 1,500, will require multiple studies to be done to measure potential impact on the area and will create a state commission to decide if a referendum is allowed to proceed. Proponents of the laws had said the existing laws were archaic and needed to be updated.

According to The Journal News (bit.ly/3S31BpS), multiple efforts had been made previously in Albany to raise the population threshold over the years. While the bills that Hochul signed call for a population of at least 2,000 to create a new village, she stipulated that the bills will be amended during the upcoming legislative session to a 1500 person minimum.

The new laws will not apply to any petitions that had been already scheduled for a referendum on December 22nd, an exemption that will allow a referendum on Ateres’ petition to proceed as scheduled on January 18th. A Ateres encompasses an area that is approximately one and a half square miles, whose mostly Viznitzer residents are looking for a government that will be more responsive to their unique needs.

The legislation is anything but good news for the proposed Village of Seven Springs, located in the Orange County town of Monroe. The Journal News (https://bit.ly/3tDB9tM) reported that the Seven Springs proposal was rejected in September by local officials on technical details, with attorneys for the proposed village saying that they intended to appeal that decision in state Supreme Court.

Senator James Skoufis, sponsor of one of the two laws signed into effect by Hochul, said that it would put the brakes on “reckless development.” He noted that new villages require sanitation, highway maintenance and public safety services, a reality that requires a much larger population base than 500 people that could translate to as few as 60 to 70 homes.

“The Seven Springs fiasco, which would have proven an impossible lift for local taxpayers, all so a couple of wealthy developers could make a buck, has come to an end,” said Skoufis.

Seven Springs had only 597 inhabitants when its petition was filed, while Ateres had 834. The only other village in the formation process is Edgemont, located in Westchester, but its population meets the new state-mandated minimums.

In a nod to those who had categorized the 500 person population requirement as archaic, Hochul agreed that the time had come to modernize the state’s village incorporation procedures.

“We want our villages and surrounding towns to thrive,” said the governor.


 

Arab Blogger: ‘Suddenly We Discovered Gaza Wasn’t Besieged’

 


 In a series of posts on Twitter, Arab blogger and social media influencer Hoda Jannat wrote how she discovered the lies being spread by Hamas about Gaza.


1.Suddenly we discovered that Gaza, which is inhabited by 2 million people… has 36 hospitals,” Jannat wrote.
“There are Arab countries with 30 million citizens and do not have this number of hospitals.

2.Suddenly we discovered that Gaza was getting water, electricity, gas, and fuel for free from Israel.
Of course, there is no Arab citizen who does not pay water, electricity and fuel bills.

3.Suddenly we discovered that Gaza was receiving $30 million a month from Qatar alone, and $120 million a month from UNRWA, and $50 million a month from the European Union, and 30 million dollars a month from America.
There are Arab countries drowning in debt and cannot find anyone to help them, even with one million dollars.

4.Suddenly we discovered that Gaza was not besieged, and all goods were entering it, as were foreigners and people of foreign nationalities. Its residents were traveling to Egypt and from there to the rest of the world, and Fafo is the biggest example.

5.Suddenly we discovered that Gaza was living better than many Arab countries…and its people were living better than many Arab peoples.

6.Suddenly…we discovered that our minds were besieged by a programmed lie…by the (Muslim) Brotherhood media.”

7. Suddenly we discovered that the children in Gaza are not children as we usually think, but children of terrorists with machine guns and suicide belts who underwent special training by Hamas.

8. Suddenly we discovered that the schools, hospitals, and mosques in Gaza are organized terror headquarters and ammunition warehouses with Hamas’ underground tunnels.

9. Suddenly we discovered that in Gaza there is an underground “metro” of Hamas that stretches for 500 km, which Israel can only envy.

10. Suddenly we discovered that the supposedly doctors and teachers in Gaza turned out to be active Hamas terrorists.

11. Suddenly we discovered that rockets and mortars are kept in children’s rooms in Gaza homes.

12. Suddenly we discovered that Hitler and his book “Mein Kampf” were very popular in Gaza, and its translation into Arabic was in almost every home in Gaza, or a portrait of the author.

13. Suddenly we discovered that Gazans live a life of luxury, with multi-story mansions with swimming pools and premium German cars.

14. Suddenly we discovered that there is no Israeli siege on Gaza because it still borders its Muslim sister Egypt.

15. Suddenly we discovered that most of the “citizens” in Gaza support Hamas and other terrorist groups, elected Hamas in democratic elections, and celebrated the massacre on October 7th.

16. Suddenly we discovered that what is called journalists in Gaza who work for Western media like CNN, AP, Reuters, and others turned out to be Hamas terrorists who participated in the massacre on October 7th.

17. Suddenly we discovered that what is called ‘peace activists’ and ‘workers of international human rights organizations’ of the UN, the Red Cross, and WHO, turned out to be terrorists and corrupt people of Hamas.

18. Suddenly we discovered that each of the leaders of Hamas is a billionaire and richer than President Trump, with a net worth of 4-5 billion dollars each.

Jannat also posted a video of a Gazan deli full of meat before the current war and wrote that “There are Arab people in Arab countries who eat meat once a year, like the Algerian people.”

Jannat’s exposure of Hamas caused outrage on social media as some called her a “traitor” and a “Zionist dog”. In some cases, they even called for her death.

However, others claimed that Janat’s words are “true” and that Hamas cynically used the UN and various international bodies over the years in order to clash with Israel.



How are we going to deal with the "Yamach She'mom'nickis?"

 

by Emailim Batorah 

הלכה ולא למעשה*

 TRUE JUDAISM DEMANDS

How to deal ע"פ דין תורה with the Neturei Karta רשעים
who march together & support the Palestinian רשעים?




Throughout our long history in גלות, there were Yidden (Frum) who were מוסרים (informers)

They profiteered by handing over other Yidden & their property to the Goyishe authorities.

These informers were considered the most despicable Yidden in
כלל ישראל.

Even though capital punishment was abolished shortly before the Churban, the one exception where they continued with capital punishment to this day (when possible & necessary) is for a מוסר.

There were numerous times when they killed a מוסר or managed to have him killed by others.

According to the Rambam, it seems, that it would be appropriate to
hire hitmen to beat, blow the brains out & break every single bone
of these despicable Frum רשעים who openly support רוצחים who
brutally murdered thousands of Yidden.

These despicable Frum רשעים is אסור לרחם עליהם. They have no רחמנות & keep pouring salt on the open wounds of כלל ישראל who are mourning the daily killings  ר"ל of אחינו בני ישראל.
 
These רשעים qualify as the Rambam's מיצר & מצער לציבור





רמב"ם חובל ומזיק ח:י"א
עשה המוסר אשר זמם ומסר. יראה לי שאסור להרגו אלא אם כן הוחזק למסור הרי זה יענש שמא ימסור אחרים. ומעשים בכל זמן בערי המערב לענוש המוסרים שהוחזקו למסור ממון בני אדם ולמסור המוסרים ביד העובדי כוכבים לענשם ולהכותם ולאסרם כפי רשעם. וכן כל המיצר לציבור ומצערן מותר למסרו ביד העובדי כוכבים להכותו ולאסרו ולקנסו.     

*This Halacha discussion is only for those actively participating & supporting the Palestinians 
& not for those who just have FARKRUMTE Hashkofos

IDF officer fluent in Arabic confronts Hamas Fighters says to them: “Hamas brought trouble upon you. You thought we wouldn’t reach you.”

 

Sinwar's Hiding Place in the Tunnels Equipped With Elevator Found and Destroyed

 






Dennis Ross Warns Biden’s Growing Pressure on Israel Will Backfire

 


Dennis Ross, who served as Director of Policy Planning under President George H. W. Bush, special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton, and special adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, last week warned in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that while President “Biden’s strong response to the trauma of Oct. 7 has given him a great deal of credit with the Israeli public,” however, “threatening to withhold US aid unless Israel changes its policies would only have the effect of making the Israelis feel they must go it alone.”

“The reality is that US aid to Israel has never been a blank check,” writes Ross, and Washington has frequently used military assistance to push Israel to take risks for the sake of peace, or to help deter America’s enemies in the region. But “Israel is a democracy, its policy choices are often shaped and determined by public opinion, and history shows that if Israeli voters think the US is making unreasonable demands, it will reject them, regardless of the costs.”

US aid to Israel “is not simply a favor to Israel—it serves American geopolitical interests while also channeling much of the aid back to the US defense industry,” Ross points out, and acknowledges that “Israel has developed and shared critical new military technologies, whether ‘active armor’ to protect tanks, or the Arrow and Iron Dome anti-missile defense systems.”

After being ridiculed for purchasing Twitter Elon Musk Reclaims Title of the "World's Richest Person"

 

Bulldozers: A key weapon in the Gaza war

 

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN


On October 7, Hamas terrorists attacked dozens of points along the border with Gaza. They broke through the security fence and massacred people in Israeli communities. It took days of fighting to secure the border area again on Israel’s side of the fence. When the fighting was mostly done and Israeli communities retaken, the damage had to be repaired, and Israel had to consider its next steps in the Hamas-run enclave [in Gaza].

Into the breach came key units from the Combat Engineering Corps. In the first month of the war, the engineers helped repair and reinforce the breaches in the security fence. When the ground operation in Gaza began, they were pressed into action to help neutralize explosive devices and create access routes for forces to enter the Gaza Strip.

One IDF statement in early November noted that “during ground operations in the Gaza Strip, combat engineering troops created access routes, cleared the area of explosive devices, and neutralized terror infrastructure and terrorist cells found in the area. Furthermore, combat engineering and infantry soldiers located and struck military compounds used for planning and executing terror activities.”


Today, some of the engineering forces and their vehicles have been brought back from the tough battles in Gaza. I drove down to the Erez Crossing to meet with members of the unit.

So Who is the one who said that the "Youth is Wasted on the Young?"


 

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Israel investigates reports of tunneling in West Bank as locals fear imminent Oct. 7 style attack

 



Israeli officials have ordered new investigations into reports of digging noises under an Israeli town near the West Bank this week.

Residents of Bat Hefer have reported hearing digging noises beneath their homes, which lies just across the border from the West Bank city of Tulkarem.

Officials have conducted three previous checks and found no evidence of tunneling, but the city council has now ordered an additional two checks, according to the Times of Israel.

One Bat Hefer resident recorded the noises and played them on a public broadcast, according to Israeli media.

Citizens across the country remain in a heightened state of tension as they fear another attack similar to Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre.

“We take the reports very seriously, and are working overtime to check the issue in a comprehensive and professional manner, using various methods. So far, three checks have been carried out and two more checks will be carried out in the coming days. So far, there have been no findings to indicate digging,” The Emek Hefer Regional Council told Israeli media.

Residents of the town say they remain afraid as they see Hezbollah launching missiles and rockets across Israel’s northern border.

“The situation is really not good,” resident Gadi Ohayon stated on Israeli radio. “We live in a constant state of insecurity, the settlement is targeted with direct and indirect fire almost every day. We can show you pictures of shells from our yards.”

“We take the reports very seriously, and are working overtime to check the issue in a comprehensive and professional manner, using various methods. So far, three checks have been carried out and two more checks will be carried out in the coming days. So far, there have been no findings to indicate digging,” The Emek Hefer Regional Council told Israeli media.

Residents of the town say they remain afraid as they see Hezbollah launching missiles and rockets across Israel’s northern border.

“The situation is really not good,” resident Gadi Ohayon stated on Israeli radio. “We live in a constant state of insecurity, the settlement is targeted with direct and indirect fire almost every day. We can show you pictures of shells from our yards.”

Musli Jihadist Murder 100 Christians "For Sport" in Nigeria ... World Silent

 

Families bury the dead in a mass grave after deadly attacks in Nigeria’s central plateau region.


DIN: Interesting that the article below hardly mentions that the murderers were all Muslims.

A never-ending massacre of Christians being “killed for sport” is reportedly happening in Nigeria, yet the world appears to be largely deaf to the matter.

While much of the world this week has been celebrating a beginning – Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ – in Nigeria they are mourning the end of life – the deaths of more than 100 Christians – as the world remains virtually silent.

Armed bandits ran amok, according to Amnesty International, in some 20 communities across central Nigeria, killing more than 140. In a country where accurate statistics are traditionally hard to come by, some sources have put the death toll closer to 200.

The Christians were killed in a wide swath across an invisible line that separates the mostly Muslim north and the predominately Christian south in the country’s Plateau State. According to multiple sources, Christians represent 46% of Nigeria’s population.

“There was yet another Christmas massacre of Christians in Nigeria yesterday. The world is — silent. Just unbelievable,” tweeted leading evangelist the Rev. Johnnie Moore on X, formerly Twitter.

More than 52,000 Christians “have been butchered or hacked to death for being Christians” since 2009 in Nigeria, according to Intersociety, a civil society group based in Onitsha.

“The U.S. Mission in Nigeria condemned the recent attacks in Plateau State and expressed heartfelt condolences for the tragic loss of life,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital in response to a question. Calling for accountability, the spokesperson added, “We are deeply concerned by the violence, and we are monitoring the situation.”

“Not a day goes by when Christians are not terrorized in western Africa in the most grotesque ways imaginable,” he continued. “Christians are killed for sport, especially Christian children. For every massacre which you hear about there are probably ten others which happened in the shadows. The death tolls are routinely in the hundreds.” 

“Entire villages are burnt and pillaged. Thousands of churches have been destroyed. Children and women are hunted. Countless Christians have been kidnapped. I met one pastor whose two previous churches were burned down. Yet, he stayed in harm’s way because he was determined to be a light in the darkness, even if it [costs] him his life, and it probably will.”