Jailed Palestinian terrorist serving life in Israel for five murders 'holds key to ceasefire in Gaza' with Hamas determined to exchange him for captured Israeli hostages

                                                                  

A jailed Palestinian terrorist serving life for five murders is said to be top of Hamas' list for any exchange of prisoners for Israeli hostages. 

Marwan Barghouti, a veteran West Bank leader who was jailed in 2002 for murder, is known as the 'Palestinian Nelson Mandela' to his supporters and is seen as the key to a ceasefire in Gaza. 

However, the Israeli government has not yet agreed to his release or confirmed that it is now inevitable, despite many negotiators believing it was close

A statement in Barghouti's name called for support for Hamas in the current war, something which his wife denies. Following this, his family says he was brutalized in prison, transferred to solitary confinement and held in the dark with loud music playing for days. 

The Israeli prison authorities have not commented on the specific allegations but say they 'operate strictly according to rules and procedures

Ramban's Aliyah in 1267

 

Imprint of the personal seal of the Ramban, found at Tel Kissan, Israel. You can see an image of the actual seal here.

by DR. TAMAR RON MARVIN

It was in his twilight years that the great Ramban (R. Moshe ben Nachman, “Nahmanides” in Christian Renaissance parlance) left Girona, in the northeast of Spain, where he had resided all his life. Born c. 1194, he departed Spain for Israel in 1267, aged over seventy. The legacy he left behind was a rich, complex, and enduring one that would continue to shape Sefardi culture in Spain for generations to come. It consisted of a robust halachic tradition nurtured in the “school” of the Ramban, eventually settling at the great beit midrash (study hall) of Barcelona and encompassing the scholarship of the Rashba, Ritva, and Ran, to name but a few of the most prominent of Ramban’s protégés and students-of-students. In addition to this, an early school of Kabbalistic tradition runs through the intellectual legacy of the Ramban. Scholars debate whether and to what extent Ramban’s Kabbala was a part of the Gironese school, or whether it belongs to another strain altogether. It was, to be sure, one of the most important pre-Zoharic esoteric traditions circulating in Spain. Together this twin legacy of halachic rigor and esoteric wisdom would characterize Sefardi intellectual culture in the Christian period.

In some regards, there are lines of similarity to be drawn between the trajectories of the Ramban, the exemplar of Christian Sefard, and of R. Yehuda ha-Levi, the paragon of Muslim Sefarad. Both men were not only steeped in the local Sefardi culture of their time, they were celebrated representatives of it. Both turned away, in later life, from the institutions they had built and towards the faraway promised Land. And both men had deep spiritual stirrings that led them to undertake aliyah. However, the character of Ramban’s move is strikingly different from R. Yehuda ha-Levi’s. Ha-Levi’s aliyah—which has been described as a pilgrimage—was intensively documented, in a spiritual sense, in his poetry and embedded in his philosophy. There are also many physical documents, such as letters, attesting to his pilgrimage. It was a principled turning-away, a statement about the nature of life in Spain. Ramban, in contrast, despite deep feeling for Eretz Yisrael and a sustained exploration of its spiritual dimensions in his work, left Spain as a matter of necessity and less so as a turning-away. Ramban’s move occurred more abruptly, with less explicit literary exposition, though he left rich testimony to his aliyah in his works, as we’ll see.

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Black Couple Recently Converted To Orthodox Judaism Decided to make Aliyah!

 

No No No! Don't Try This at Home!

 I hope he never runs out of cherries!!

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Mark Zell Leader of Republican Party Agrees With Ben Gvir " Biden is taking Israel Down"

 Mark Zell, Leader of the Republican Party in Israel, Responds to Ben Gvir's Interview: 

'Ben Gvir's remark is quite accurate. It is reasonable to assume that most Israelis would agree.'

Beit Shemesh Mourns One of their Own !

Yisrael Asulin eulogized his brother, Sergeant First Class (res.) Shimon Yehoshua Asulin, 24 years old, who fought in the 924th Engineering Battalion of the Harel Brigade and was killed in action in southern Gaza.

Shimon was a student in the Midbara KeEden Hesder Yeshiva in Mitzpe Ramon, and the son of Rabbi Rafi Asulin, the dean of the Sha'alei Torah Yeshiva high school in Beit Shemesh.

NY radio host Sid Rosenberg "I came to Israel because Israel needs us now" "Wipe Out Hamas" "No Two-States"

 

Sid Rosenberg, the host of 77 WABC's Sid and Friends in the Morning, spoke to Arutz Sheva - Israel National News about his decision to come broadcast from Israel precisely during these times.

“That decision was actually made on October the 7th, but logistically it took some time to put this trip into place. I've got a huge, huge show back in New York, in the US, so we had to make sure that the company back home, WABC, had its ducks in order. I have a guy on the ground here in Israel, in Gush Etzion. He's a wonderful friend, Yehuda Honigman, who actually put the whole trip together for us. He got One Israel Fund to pay for the most part, so between Yehuda working on a sponsor, my station getting their ducks in order, it took a couple of months to get this thing going, but the truth is I made the decision to come all the way back on that tragic day, the worst day, October the 7th,” he said.

Even though Sid has been hearing the news and reporting the news from his studio in New York, he still felt that he needed to come here, to be here. "People keep saying to me, ‘Why now?’ I've got a friend who lives in Netanya. He has a house on the beach. He says ‘Why now? Everything was so beautiful. We've got beautiful weather. It was safe.' Why now? The answer is in the question. Because now is the time to come. It's easy to come to the beaches, when everything is going well, and the sun is shining. The question is when people need you, are you going to be there."

Biden cursed Netanyahu in closed talks

 

Politico reported on Sunday that US President Joe Biden is deeply suspicious of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and privately has called the prime minister a “bad f***ing guy,” people who have talked to the president said.

According to the report, Biden fears that Netanyahu is eager to drag the US into a wider war in the Middle East, a conflict that would ensure American weapons keep flowing to the region, troops soon follow and international pressure on him to agree to a Gaza ceasefire and his domestic political difficulties both dissipate.

Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates said in response, “The president did not say that, nor would he.”

He added that the two leaders have “a decades-long relationship that is respectful in public and in private.”

The quote attributed to Biden came as part of a report about the support for Biden among liberal voters amid concerns by Democrats their coalition unraveling over Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby last week commented in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 News on the tensions between Netanyahu and Biden over their disagreements about how to handle the day after the war in Gaza.

“Netanyahu and Biden have known each other a long, long time. And they didn't always agree on everything. And I don't think anybody should expect that they're going to agree on everything going forward. But because they have the kind of relationship where they can be frank and honest,” Kirby clarified.

NBC News reported several weeks ago that the Biden administration is laying the groundwork with other Israeli leaders in anticipation of a post-Netanyahu government.

The report said that the Biden administration and Netanyahu’s divisions over Israel’s handling of the war with Hamas, as well as Netanyahu’s refusal to consider US proposals for a post-war Gaza, have only become more pronounced since Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s most recent visit to Israel.

Three senior US officials quoted in the report said that the Biden administration is looking past Netanyahu to try to achieve its goals in the region. The officials told NBC News that Netanyahu “will not be there forever.”

Josh the Kid Interviewer Debunks Another Clueless Pro-Hamas Protester

 

Josh is back.
Politely explaining that the Gaza Strip wasn't occupied for quite some time....@afneil @jordanbpeterson pic.twitter.com/itgsylXsMK

— Daniel Berke (@DanielBerke1) February 2, 2024

  Josh, the adorable and brilliant 12 year old interviewer from Manchester, has done it again, politely and calmly embarrassing a pro-Hamas protester by quoting the facts.

In this video, the protesters attempted to justify (while claiming she did not justify) the Hamas terror attack by claiming it was a response to the “occupation”. Josh pointed out that Israel gave back Gaza in 2005, and was not occupying the land.

Senior BBC Staff Member Spews Vile Hate Against Jews

 Dawn Queva, a senior scheduler for the BBC, has referred to the “holohoax” and “AshkeNazis,” Deadline reported.

Queva, senior scheduling coordinator and playout planner at BBC Three, also posted a host of other antisemitic messages—often typo-ridden—including saying that Jews have “none zero zilch blood connection to the land of Palestine or Israel historically.”

“To be JewISH is to practice a religion loosely based on the Hebraic faith,” the senior BBC employee said. “To be JewISH has zero to do with ethnicity.”

She also interpreted Noah’s blessing to his sons in Genesis to mean that Ashkenazi Jews aren’t really Jews, but instead “the synagogue of Satan.”

Of the Holocaust, Queva wrote that although 26 million Russians died during World War II, “all we here [sic] about and made [sic] never to forget are the JeWISH 6 million. Never mind the Rothschilds funded their own holohoax.”

She also accused Jews of kidnapping, raping and enslaving Africans “for 30 generations,” committing genocide against Palestinians and controlling the media.

“We don’t comment on individual members of staff and we have well-established and robust processes in place to handle such issues,” a BBC spokeswoman said. “We do not tolerate antisemitism, Islamophobia or any form of abuse, and we take any such allegations seriously and take appropriate disciplinary action wherever necessary.”

Dennis Ross "the evil dummy" is blaming Israel again

 

Speaking via Zoom for the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism & Policy on Jan. 31, Ross offered some expected, perfunctory criticism of Hamas, Iran and Hezbollah. But again and again, he managed to bring in one-sided and unfair criticism of Israel.

Referring to Israel's counter-terrorism actions in Judea and Samaria, Ross said: "West Bank violence [by Arabs] is not disconnected from Israel's policies in the West Bank."

That's just absurd.

 The terrorists are not responding to Israeli policies. They were murdering Jews long before there were any settlements or so-called occupied territories. They oppose Israel's existence, not its borders. It's these terrorists who are the aggressors, and Israelis must respond to them.

Soldier who lost a leg in Gaza confronted a protester against Prime Minister Netanyahu, and chased him out of the hospital while hopping on his remaining leg.

 A well-known left-wing activist protested against Prime Minister Netanyahu while the prime minister visited the rehabilitation wing of Tel Hashomer Hospital.

When he began shouting at Netanyahu, families of the wounded and others present at the time attempted to ask him to leave, saying that it was not the place for a protest.

Noam Ben-Shalosh, a soldier from the 13th Battalion of the Golani Brigade who had lost his leg in combat, told Kan about the incident, which he says constituted a traumatic trigger for some of the soldiers who had been wounded in combat.

“He began to shout, and it didn't impress me to begin with. Many people asked him to leave because this was neither the time or place, among them my mother. He became angry with her and called her stupid. When I heard that, the soldier in me was reawakened. They had to calm me down.”

Footage of the incident shows Ben-Shalosh pursuing the protester while hopping on one leg and shouting at the protester. He recounted in an interview: “You cannot take advantage of the rehabilitation wing, where there is also mental rehabilitation going on, for a protest. There are people who were burned by politics and the senior officials responsible for the security of the state. If you begin to say things connected to that, it triggers them.”

“You cannot shout that the blood of the soldiers who were killed in action is on Netanyahu's hands. You're talking about my blood and that of sixteen of my comrades who were killed that day. It seriously upset me.”

Pollard cautions against deals with Hamas to free hostages that could prove dangerous.

 Former spy Jonatan Pollard arrived at the Or Vishua yeshiva in Haifa and talked with the yeshiva's students and faculty about the importance of Torah students in Israel, the importance of the national project of the hesder yeshivas that prepare their students for military service, and the goals of the IDF in the war against the Hamas terrorist organization.

"The army must undergo a reform and a fundamental change from within. The change must be carried out in two ways: from the top down, and from the bottom up. In other words," explained Pollard, "a change must be made at the top of the military system by replacing the Chief of Staff and changing the face of the entire General Staff so that the spirit Change first at the top of the system and then go and infiltrate down to the last of the soldiers as well. But even more important is the change that needs to come from below, from the junior echelon that is gradually occupying the key positions in the system. This is the right thing to do in order to transform the IDF into an army that fights according to the tradition of Jewish values, for the sake of the Jewish people living in Israel."

"This is where the importance of Torah students comes in because you are the ones who will create the Jewish army, who will fight for the sanctification of God," he said. "Everyone is fighting now, the secular, the traditional, the religious and the ultra-Orthodox side by side in a wonderful way and that is blessed. But we want to make sure that the army is united around the goal of protecting the Jewish state and the Jewish identity of the state."

Pollard also referred to the hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and said: "I know the captives well and intimately. I know how difficult and complex it is, but right now we need a victory over Hamas and a victory that will bring the kidnapped back home. It is forbidden to agree to deals with Hamas under any circumstances. The main goal of the war is the complete victory over Hamas and its complete destruction. Regarding the abductees, we will do everything so that they return at the same time. That's the only way we can bring them home, all of them." He added: "We have 8 million "kidnapped" if we agree to deals with Hamas. 8 million more Jews who live in the country and the duty is to protect them too at all costs. We do not have the authority to pay too heavy a price."

Watch Young Israeli Couple Celebrate Building a Life Together in the most Difficult Times

 

Are Israelis resilient? You bet! Watch this and enjoy the celebration of this beautiful young couple, building a life together even in the most difficult of times. pic.twitter.com/kWmv0AF9WY

— David M Friedman (@DavidM_Friedman) February 1, 2024

16 year old boy gets beheaded because he skipped "davening"

 

A 16-year-old boy was beheaded by lSlS terrorists for missing Friday prayers.

He was publicly beheaded as punishment for missing the prayers and warning for others to follow sharia law! pic.twitter.com/YzNmm0UajR

— Azzat Alsalem (@AzzatAlsaalem) January 30, 2024

Really sick! Watch as a Johannesburg city council member lodges a complaint when he saw a city councilor wearing a Star of David on his tie.

 

A Johannesburg city council member lodged a complaint when he saw city councilor Daniel Schay (@2Schay) wearing a Star of David on his tie.

Another councilor steps in and says "Freedom of religion is protected by the constitution. It is the first time in this Council's chambers… pic.twitter.com/3CopV0tDyv

— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) January 31, 2024

10,000 people in Indea queued for construction work in Israel, instead of Palestinians. Many slept at the site overnight.

 

Yesterday in India, over 10,000 people queued to be checked for elligibility for construction work in Israel, instead of Palestinians. Many slept at the site overnight.https://t.co/YzsRuGIqfz pic.twitter.com/wmCjaWpnqx

— Imshin (@imshin) January 31, 2024

Canada Stops Assisted Suicides for Mentally Ill Only because doctors not willing to participate

Canada has delayed the extension of its assisted suicide program to people suffering solely from mental illness, health officials announced Monday. 

Canada offers medically assisted death to terminally and chronically ill people, but the plan to extend the program to people with mental illnesses has divided Canadians, the New York Times reported.

Some critics attribute the problem to a lack of adequate psychiatric care in the country.

The controversial policy would allow anyone in Canada with an incurable medical condition to apply for assisted suicide, even if the disease is not terminal, which makes the law one of the most liberal assisted suicide programs in the world. 

Canada introduced medically assisted dying after its Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that requiring people to cope with intolerable suffering infringed on fundamental rights to liberty and security.

The law was expanded in 2021 to include people experiencing “grievous and irremediable” conditions, such as depression and other mental health issues. 

Over 13,000 Canadians were euthanized as part of the program in 2022, the Daily Mail reported. 

Brooklyn Education Council ‘knowingly excluded’ Jewish parents with Shabbos meeting

 

CEC 22 Meeting Friday, January 19, 6:30 PM:

CEC 22 would like to invite you to join for a Special meeting scheduled for Friday, January 19th, 2023 at 6:30pm. The meeting will be held in Hybrid format in which you can choose to attend in person or via Zoom.

— District 22 Brooklyn (@District22BKNY) January 18, 2024

 A parent council in heavily Jewish Brooklyn held a “special meeting” on a Friday evening in January, knowingly excluding anyone observing Shabbat from the public forum, according to outraged community members who called the move antisemitic. 

The Community Education Council for District 22, which covers Flatbush, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, and Manhattan Beach, scheduled a follow-up meeting to vote on resolutions after its Jan. 9 meeting went fully remote due to a snowstorm.

Despite calls to the CEC, the city Department of Education, and the Office of Family and Community Engagement, urging them to choose another date, the forum was held on Jan.19 at 6:30 pm, after the Jewish Sabbath was underway.

“Jewish children go to school here, and their families were excluded,” a district parent told The Post. 

The volunteer board voted on seeking alternatives to mayoral control of NYC schools, supporting class size mandates, and opposing a 60-day limit on shelter stays for migrants and other public school families.

It also voted against participating in an art and wellness fair and in favor of rescheduling the upcoming March meeting.