Saudi Arabia's Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Herzog to Visit Damascus
In a historic move, Rabbi Herzog is scheduled to meet with representatives of Syria's new rebel government during an upcoming visit to Damascus.
Monday, December 23, 2024
Saudi Arabia's Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Herzog to Visit Damascus
Saudi Arabia's Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Herzog to Visit Damascus
In a historic move, Rabbi Herzog is scheduled to meet with representatives of Syria's new rebel government during an upcoming visit to Damascus.
Iran recruiting children for attacks on Israeli targets across Europe
In Sweden alone, several incidents involving teenagers have occurred this year, including a 15-year-old attempting to reach the Israeli embassy with a loaded weapon, a 13-year-old shooting at the local subsidiary of Haifa-based defense company Elbit Systems, and a 16-year-old participating in a bombing attempt.
Swedish and Norwegian security services have raised alarms about these Iran-backed operations, with Norway temporarily elevating its terror threat level from medium to high in October, Bloomberg noted. The situation has prompted Norwegian authorities to arm police officers and implement border controls with Sweden.
Iran’s use of children in military operations has historical precedent. During the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), the Iranian military deployed children, some as young as nine, in combat roles including dangerous mine-clearing operations. According to U.N. refugee agency documents, these child soldiers were given “keys to paradise”—symbolic tokens promising immediate entry to heaven if they died in battle against Iraqi forces.
Peter Nesser, a terrorism researcher at Norway’s Defense Research Institute, told Bloomberg that Iranian operatives use social media platforms such as Telegram, TikTok and WhatsApp to recruit attackers. According to tracking data, payments for attacks can range from approximately $1,560 for more serious operations to as little as $125 for smaller-scale incidents.
The Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) stated earlier this year that many recruits were unaware they worked for a foreign power. This was evident in May when police intercepted a teenage recruit who needed to call for directions to the Israeli embassy in Stockholm.
The vulnerability of Nordic countries stems from their traditionally open societies and growing Muslim populations. Sweden, which has welcomed more than 1.5 million immigrants since 1980, faces challenges with integration, as recent surveys indicate that 40% of migrants feel disconnected from Swedish society.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has prioritized addressing youth crime ahead of next year’s elections, while Swedish authorities have introduced youth detention facilities for children under 15 in response to the growing threat.
“They might try to create more havoc,” Nesser warned, discussing the potential for increased Iranian-backed activities in the region after recent setbacks to Tehran’s traditional proxy network in the Middle East.
Georgia homeowner arrested after trying to move back into her own house inhabited by squatter
A Georgia woman was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing after she tried to move into her own home — but was rebuffed by an alleged squatter.
“I spent the night on a mat on a concrete floor in deplorable conditions while this woman, this squatter, slept in my home,” said Loletha Hale, who was arrested outside her mother’s old home in Livingston on Dec. 9.
Hale had arrived at the house to clean the place out after a months-long battle with the alleged squatter, Sakemeyia Johnson, whom a court had ordered out in mid-November.
But when she arrived, Johnson – who had never been a tenant of Hale, and was merely related to an evicted tenant’s partner — was still inside, and had brought somebody along to intimidate Hale.
“I returned on Monday to start painting and she had broken the locks at my property,” Hale told WSB-TV.
“She just caught up out of nowhere. She had this guy with her, and I locked the door. I locked the screen door, and he forced himself in telling us to get out,” she added.
Hale refused to back down, and the police eventually arrived. And when they did, bodycam footage showed an officer asking her to see Johnson’s side of things.
“Just think of it from this perspective, though. Everybody isn’t as fortunate as you to have a bed. All the little things, a bed in their house, food in the kitchen,” the officer said.
When Hale refused to back down, she was cuffed and carted off, and with her arrest report alleging she “executed an illegal eviction and forcibly removed Ms. Johnson’s belongings,” and at one point “could clearly be heard stating ‘leave before I get my gun.’”
She was charged with a misdemeanor count of terroristic threats and criminal trespassing, while Johnson has received no charges, according to WSB-TV.
“To see that woman walk into my mom’s house while I was in the police car, something is wrong with this picture. Something is inherently wrong with this picture,” Hale said.
Trouble started at the house back in August when Hale says she caught Johnson living there without her knowledge.
Johnson received a squatting citation, but a Clayton County judge ruled “Sakemeyia Johnson is not a squatter” because of her relation to the evicted tenant’s partner – which she could be heard using in her favor on bodycam footage from the Dec. 9 altercation.
“I was written a citation saying I was a squatter. But a judge signed an order saying that I wasn’t a squatter,” Johnson said in the footage.
Hale fought that decision through a series of grueling hearings and appeals, eventually succeeding in legally ousting Johnson on Nov. 18.
But the woman appears to have ignored the eviction.
“How can she not be squatting when I’ve never had any type of contract relationship with this person?” Hale asked.
Squatting has become a more common problem in Georgia in recent years.
In 2017 there were just three squatting cases, but in 2021 it had climbed to 50.
By 2023, there were 198 civil squatting cases across the state.
Biden commutes death sentences of child killers and mass murderers
President Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 men on federal death row — a list that includes at least five child killers and several mass murders — in a stunning act of clemency just two days before Christmas.
Biden, 82, gave the reprieve to the nation’s most violent murderers — nine of whom were found too dangerous to live after butchering fellow inmates — as part of his effort at “ensuring a fair and effective justice system,” the White House said.
“Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,” Biden said in a statement.
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq halt attacks on Israel
The Lebanese al-Akhbar network reported on Monday that it had received confirmation from a leader in the Al-Nujaba militia in Iraq that the Iranian-backed militias in the country have agreed to stop their offensive against Israel.
According to the report, the "resistance factions" have reached an agreement with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani to cease attacks on Israel and remain silent on the current developments in Syria.
The militia leader told al-Akhbar that the militias decided not to interfere in Syrian affairs and "to follow the situation from a distance, in addition to waiting to know the orientations of the US President-elect, Donald Trump, and his policy towards the Middle East, specifically Iran."
The leader noted that the militias' Iranian backers granted them the freedom to decide regarding Syria.
He pointed out that "the armed factions adhered to the words of the Iraqi government, especially after what happened in Syria, which says that there may be an intention to drag the country into a scenario worse than the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime, which may lead to the return of terrorism to Iraq again."
The report also quoted a spokesman for the Sayyed al-Shuhada Brigades militia, Kazem al-Fartousi, who said that the militias' attacks on Israel were "linked to the operations of the Lebanese Hezbollah. When the ceasefire was reached in Lebanon, the operations of the Iraqi factions stopped." He added, "There are also partners in Iraq who have an opinion and reservations about those operations, and they must be listened to.”
While not as vocal as other parties such as Hezbollah, the Houthis, or Iran itself, the Iraqi militias have been behind several drone and missile attacks on Israel since the war began. In September, the militias launched two drones at the city of Eilat. One of the UAVs was intercepted outside of Israeli airspace and the other struck a building in the city. Fires broke out in the city's port and near the Herod's Hotel as a result of falling shrapnel and two individuals were lightly wounded.
Avida Bachar, whose wife and son were murdered on Oct. 7, says that 'if it had happened in Gush Etzion, I would have said, 'Why are they living there?''
Avida Bachar, whose wife Dana and son Carmel were murdered in Kibbutz Be'eri in the October 7th Hamas massacre, shares why he thinks it was "lucky" that the massacre occurred in Kibbutz Be'eri.
“I will say something tough. It’s lucky that the massacre happened in Be'eri," Bachar told Channel 12 News. In response to a question from reporter Yigal Mosko, Bachar explained: "I think that if it had happened in Gush Etzion, at that moment, I would have said, 'Why are they living there?'"
He added: "I probably would have said, 'They deserve it,' I would have said all the harshest things in the world. It's lucky that it happened at my home. It's lucky that I paid a lot to learn this lesson. I'm lucky to have learned this lesson."
Avida was severely injured on October 7th and doctors had to amputate his leg.
Several months ago, he told Israel National News about the events of that day from his perspective and how he and his family, all four of them, were inside the house when the terrorists arrived at the kibbutz at 6:30 am, at the same time that massive barrage of missiles were fired at Israel. They reached his home about two hours later.
“Four of us were locked in the safe room; we were holding the door as well as we could. At some point, the terrorists were shooting at us through the door. Carmel and I were both wounded, and we suffered from burns. They fired at the lock of the door and later blew up the window. My wife, Dana, was shot through the window and died around noon. Carmel held out until five pm. He had lost a lot of blood and died. I stayed with my daughter. I was injured and she had been wounded by grenades and shrapnel in her legs. We were waiting for the army to come and rescue us. Towards 7:30 p.m., we heard a big explosion near our house,” describes Bachar.
The IDF tanks that arrived began to blow up the safe rooms. Soldiers came to the family home and rescued Avida and his daughter, leaving the bodies of Dana and Carmel in the safe room
Pope Francis Who Represents a Religion that murdered and Raped Millions of Jews accuses Israel of ‘cruelty’ and slaughtering children in Gaza
By David Rosenberg, World Israel News
Pope Francis accused Israel twice over the weekend of “cruelty” in the Gaza Strip and claimed that Israeli forces were “machine-gunning” Arab children in the coastal enclave.
On Saturday, Pope Francis gave his annual Christmas address to Vatican department chiefs, during which he condemned an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip that the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry claimed killed 25 people.
“Yesterday, children were bombed,” Pope Francis said. “This is cruelty. This is not war. I wanted to say this because it touches the heart.”
A day earlier, Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) ripped the pontiff over a quote attributed to him in a recently published book in which he appeared to accuse Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Last month, Pope Francis issued a clarification regarding his comments, published recently in Hernán Reyes Alcaide’s new book, Hope Never Disappoints. Pilgrims Towards a Better World, in which he called for an investigation into allegations of genocide in Gaza.
“According to some experts, what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide,” Pope Francis was quoted as saying. “We should investigate carefully to determine whether it fits into the technical definition formulated by jurists and international bodies.”
Following a wave of criticism, Pope Francis said that Alcaide had taken his comments out of context.
The pontiff rekindled the firestorm on Saturday, however, with his fresh allegations against Israel, drawing a sharp retort from the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
“Cruelty is terrorists hiding behind children while trying to murder Israeli children; cruelty is holding 100 hostages for 442 days, including a baby and children, by terrorists and abusing them,” the ministry tweeted.
“Unfortunately, the Pope has chosen to ignore all of this, as well as the fact that Israel’s actions have targeted terrorists who used children as human shields.”
The ministry called the Pope’s comments “disappointing” and “disconnected” and accused the pontiff of “singling out” Israel.
“The blame should be directed solely at the terrorists, not at the democracy defending itself against them. Enough with the double standards and the singling out of the Jewish state and its people.”
On Sunday, however, the Pope doubled down on his comments, again accusing Israel of “cruelty” in the Gaza Strip and intimating that the IDF is intentionally massacring Gazan children.
“And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty,” Pope Francis said after the weekly Angelus prayer.
Mrs Assad Files for Divorce!
Allegedly unhappy with her life in Moscow, she is said to be planning a move to London
Hamas admits IDF neutralized most of its military capabilities
By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
Hamas officials admitted to Saudi newspaper A-Sharq Al-Awsat that the IDF has neutralized most of its military capabilities and that absent concrete leadership, groups of terrorists are making their own decisions on the ground.
Although terrorists try to inform higher-level Hamas officials of their activities, communication is slow and can often take days or weeks.
Among the surviving Hamas leadership are Mohammed Sinwar, the brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who is reportedly leading the military wing; Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, who is responsible for overseeing terrorist activities in northern Gaza; Mohammed Shabana, the former commander of the now-dismantled Rafah Brigade; and Tawfiq Abu Naim, the head of Hamas’s internal security forces.
However, Hamas’s rhetoric would seem to belie the chaos, and the IDF’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the terror group is making vain boasts to give the impression that it is still functioning.
“Hamas and its minions are spreading news and rumors about fake heroic acts and operations in Jabalia, including claims about the use of knives and explosive belts, to boost the morale of their collapsing members. Don’t believe these rumors and lies from the defeated,” Adraee stated.
In another post on X, he declared, “The East Jabalia Battalion has collapsed,” adding that any claims otherwise are false boasts by Hamas.
The IDF has destroyed much of Hamas’s military infrastructure in Gaza, and the elimination of key figures in the terror organization has also prevented them from replenishing supplies.
Hamas is releasing videos implying they are still functioning militarily, with one showing a drone fired from Khan Yunis that was intercepted in the Negev and another of five terrorists planting explosive devices in shafts.
During a situational assessment in Rafah on Wednesday, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said continued military operations will pressure Hamas to return the 100 hostages remaining in Gaza and create the optimal security situation to allow residents of border communities to return home.
“We are dismantling Hamas and targeting its infrastructure and forces to ensure that there will never be another October 7,” Halevi said.
“We are applying daily pressure on Hamas, driving it into greater distress, to secure the return of the 100 hostages—hopefully alive—and for those who are not, to give them a proper burial in Israel.”
New Syrian government forbids Iranian planes in its airspace
By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
The new regime in Syria under Abu Muhammad al-Julani has declared that it will not permit Iranian planes to enter its airspace, according to Walla.
Initially, the decision was limited to planes used for military purposes, such as transferring weapons or moving troops. However, on Sunday, it became evident that the ban extended to all Iranian aircraft.
Security sources say this is the most decisive declaration of Syria’s independence and repudiation of the “Axis of Evil” headed by Iran. Iranian planes require access to Syrian airspace to transport supplies to terror proxies, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon.
As a result, Hezbollah is likely to have difficulty replenishing its military supplies, and Iran will be encumbered in its ability to transport weapons, ammunition, and terrorist recruits throughout the Middle East.
Israeli officials see this as a welcome development but still express caution given the new regime’s as-yet-ambiguous position on Israel.
Israeli and US officials will discuss the situation in Syria in the coming days, including the lifting of the $10 million bounty on al-Julani’s head and whether Syria is likely to hold democratic elections.
Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, told reporters that she had informed al-Julani, leader of the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group that led Assad’s overthrow, that the United States would not pursue a $10 million terrorism bounty on him for his role as the head of a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist group.
Julani, whose real name is Ahmad al-Sharaa, told Leaf that he “committed” to not allowing terrorist groups to pose a threat both within Syria and externally to the United States and its regional partners.
Hysterical!!! DemonRats Criticize Republicans because of "unelected Influence" Yet the USA Has been run by "unelected" for the past 4 Years!
SCOTT JENNINGS:
UNELECTED PEOPLE HAVE RUN GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS
“Musk played a key role in his victory. Democrats criticize unelected influence, yet the Wall Street Journal shows unelected officials have been running the government for four years.”
“Musk played a key role in his victory. Democrats criticize unelected influence, yet the Wall Street Journal shows unelected officials have been running the government for four years.”
Crazy!! Hochul happily says that Subways are Safe.. at the same time a lady was burned to death on the Subways!
A woman was burned to death on an F train in Coney Island early Sunday morning after a man set her on fire by throwing a lit match onto her, police sources revealed to the NY Post.
NYPD officers responded to a fire at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station around 7:30 a.m., where they discovered the woman engulfed in flames while seated on the idling train. Emergency responders extinguished the fire, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sources say the victim appeared to have been sleeping when the suspect, described as a man in his 20s, stood up, walked past her, and tossed the match. Liquor bottles were found near her, though investigators have not confirmed if they contributed to the blaze.
The suspect fled the station immediately after the attack, and police are continuing to search for him. Train service on the F line was suspended through Sunday afternoon as investigators processed the scene.
The shocking incident occurred just as Governor Kathy Hochul ramped up efforts to improve subway safety by deploying 250 additional National Guard troops, increasing the total force to 1,000 for the holiday season.
Despite claims of a 10% drop in transit crime, homicides on the subway have surged by at least 60% this year, with eight murders recorded by September – up from five in the same period last year.
Tens of Thousands Mark Chof Alef Kislev the Day the Satmar Rebbe Was Saved by a Zionist
Watch Chucky Schumer the disgraced Jew Stabber being embraced by the Satmar tuchis-lekkers!
On Sunday afternoon, the Satmar Rebbe held his annual “Chuf Alef Kislev” event, attended by thousands upon thousands of Satmar Chassidim. The event was held at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn.
Chof Alef Kislev is the day Hagon HaRav Yoel Teitelbaum ZATZAL, the founder of Satmar Chassidus in America, escaped from the Nazis during the Holocaust in 1944, with the help of a Zionist!
The Satmar Rebbe, known as the Divrei Yoel, was among 1600-plus people who were transported out of Hungary by train thanks to the efforts of Rudolf Kastner, one of the Zionist leaders of Budapest’s Vaadat Ezra V’Hatzalah, who brokered a deal with Adolph Eichmann to let the passengers leave in exchange for a large sum of money, diamonds and gold.
While Eichmann reneged on the deal and had the train sent to Bergen Belsen, the train was finally released after four months of negotiations and the passengers finally obtained their freedom when they arrived in Switzerland.
Many dignitaries and elected officials have attended Chof Alef Kislev events over the years out of respect for the Rebbe and to show their support for chasidim and other frum communities.
Footage From Lev Tahor Police Raid Shows Cult Members Encourage Children To Resist
Dramatic scenes from the Guatemalan police’s raid on the “Lev Tahor” cult compound on Shabbat were revealed on social media.
In the footage, the children are seen wearing the distinctive clothing of the cult members, jumping out of the compound through openings in the large gate. One of the cult members appears to be recording the police activity with his smartphone while desecrating Shabbat.
The adult cult members give instructions to the children in Yiddish: “There are police surrounding the whole compound. All the children should push the police at once. You are allowed to hit the police. They are not allowed to hit back. Climb up, get out from the top,” one of them shouted hoarsely.
Another man is heard telling the children: “You are allowed to hit the police, to push them, don’t be afraid of them, they can’t do anything to you.” The clip shows children attacking the policemen and pulling their caps. The man continued to exhort the children: “Kick them, kick them and crawl under their feet fast.”
Hundreds of police participated in the raid to rescue the children from the cult. The police arrived in minivans, patrol vehicles and minibuses which they used to transfer the children to protective custody.
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Poland Back to Arresting Jews! Warns Netanyhu that they will Arrest Him if he sets foot in Poland!
Every single Jew should be outraged! But not a peep!
Whether they like it or not, Netanyahu represents the Jews, he represents the Satmar Rebbe from Monroe, he represents Rabbi Dov Landau from Bnei-Brak! To the typical goy, Netanyahu represents the Jews! Just like the Israeli flag represents the Jewish nation and every single goy throughout the world recognizes that flag as a Jewish one, so too, the Prime Minister of Israel represents all Jews!!
The Satmar and their Litvak lapdogs can scream till kingdom comes but to the typical goy Satmar=Netanyahu!
For hundreds of years, Jews put a cheirum on Spain, they wouldn't step foot in that country, but what Spain did to the Jews was far far less than what Poland did to the Jews, yet the Chassidishe ferd keep going back to that blood-soaked cursed land! They are rebuilding homes and shuls and mikvous that the cursed Polish goyim burned down with the Jews still inside! This is an outrage! This must stop!!
How many Jews must a country murder, rape and mutilate until we stop going back there! We have a State now, support that State!
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski confirmed that if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz next month, he will be arrested in accordance with the ICC arrest warrant.
Bartoszewski made his remarks to the Polish economic and legal newspaper Rzeczpospolita regarding preparations for the ceremony on January 27th.
On Friday, Netanyahu already indicated he would not attend the event, given Poland’s earlier statements in support of executing the arrest warrants, and that Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar would attend instead.
In November, Netanyahu, along with former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, were charged by the ICC for crimes relating to the war in Gaza, and arrest warrants were issued.
Although the United States, Hungary, and Argentina resolved not to execute the arrest warrants, many other countries, even those that disagreed with them, said they would have to arrest Netanyahu or Gallant if they entered their countries.
Shortly after the ICC arrest warrant was issued, the Polish Deputy Foreign Minister said, “We are committed to respecting the decisions of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.”
Israel has appealed the ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and former Foreign Minister Yoav Gallant, arguing that prosecutor Karim Khan had insufficient evidence and committed errors during his investigation and that the ICC has no jurisdiction over Israel.
Canada was one of the first countries to say it would comply with the ICC warrant and arrest Netanyahu and Gallant.
“First of all, as Canada has always said, it’s really important that everyone abide by international law. This is something we’ve been calling on from the beginning of the conflict,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in the Toronto area.
Trudeau pointed out that Canada was one of the founding members of the ICC, and added, “We stand up for international law, and we will abide by all the regulations and rulings of the international courts.”
New Syrian Regime Turns back Iranian Plane!
Breaking Report:
An Iranian plane heading to Syria was forced to turn back after the new Syrian regime denied it access to Syrian airspace.
Top DemonRat Fundraiser says that the DemonRat Party is a Cult! "I No Longer Wamt to be part of this Craziness!
INSANE! Kamala campaign advisor Lindy Li quits the Democrat Party: I don’t want to be part of this tent anymore. I don’t want to be part of this craziness. I want to be part of the team that treats me with common decency.
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) December 21, 2024
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Listen to this Bald-Faced Liar ... Gen Mark Milley!
🚨Mark “White Rage” Milley lied about Joe Biden’s mental fitness a year ago in a 60 Minutes interview because he didn’t want President Trump to win the election. This was a massive cover-up:
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) December 21, 2024
“I meet frequently with the President and every single time I meet with [Biden] — he’s… pic.twitter.com/FhvkqM1rZu
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