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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Watch this incredible Clip of Caroline Glick's Brutal Takedown of an Antisemite!
🚨BREAKING! 🚨
— Yehuda Teitelbaum (@chalavyishmael) February 2, 2025
The incredible @Carolineglick is heading back to Prime Minister @Netanyahu’s Office as International Affairs Adviser!
If you aren't familiar with Caroline, her brutal takedown of the double standard to which Israel is held, is a MUST watch! pic.twitter.com/fGQz0Te0XH
French Girls arrived from for their first visit to Israel and experienced the Kotel
"אם אשכחך ירושלים"
The girls arrived from France for their first visit to Israel and experienced the Western Wall in person. The sight brought tears to their eyes.
President Donald Trump will watch a 40-minute closed film documenting the events of October 7
The initiative was led by White House Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Vitkoff, who watched the film last week during his visit to Israel and stated that Trump "must see it for himself" to understand the horrors of that morning.
According to sources familiar with the details, Vitkoff was left "shocked and appalled" after viewing the footage.
IDF Soldiers Discover Baba Sali Kiddush Cups in Jenin Terror Hub
The discovery was made even more remarkable by its timing—on Baba Sali's yahrzeit.
"It was unexpected to find this on such a significant day," a soldier noted.
NYT Reports That Iran is building North Korean-designed nuclear missiles capable of hitting Europe
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| Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits Defense and Space Achievement Exhibition on Sunday. |
Iran is secretly developing nuclear missiles that can reach Europe based on North Korean designs, according to a new report.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has accused Tehran of expediting its alleged nuclear weapons program, with two facilities rushing to complete a working warhead capable of traveling more than 1,800 miles, according to their latest report.
Soona Samsami, a US representative of the NCRI, said Tehran is desperately working to keep the international community out of Iran and maintain the status quo as a means to buy time to fulfill its nuclear ambitions.
One of the facilities the NCRI flagged as a nuclear weapons site was the Shahrud missiles facility, which is being run by Iran’s Organization for Advanced Defense Research and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The NCRI estimates that the nuclear warhead being developed at the site would be fitted on a Ghaem-100 missile and capable of reaching as far as Greece, with at least three successful rocket launchers reported at the Shahrud facility.
Those rocket launches were allegedly concealed as part of satellite launches, the NCRI claims, with the IRGC planning to test launch more advanced Ghaem rockets in the coming months.
The second testing facility is reportedly located more than 43 miles southeast of Semnan, where Tehran is developing Simorgh missiles based on North Korean designs.
Portions of the Semnan site are hidden underground, with Tehran steadily expanding the site since 2005, according to satellite images provided by the NCRI.
The program in Semnan allegedly kept under wraps by linking it to Iran’s space program and establishing the Khomeini Space Launch Terminal, according to the NCRI.
Samsami said that despite Iran’s advancement, Israel’s attacks against Tehran’s air defense systems have created the perfect chance for the West to end Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Israel launched two retaliatory airstrikes against Iran last year, with the attacks decimating Iran’s interceptor missile launchers, leaving the Islamic republic vulnerable for a devastating assault if it chooses to attack the Jewish state again.
“Tehran has never been as weak and vulnerable as it is today. The desperate Iranian regime is thus speeding up the development of nuclear weapons,” Samsami told The Telegraph.
“Now is the time to hold the regime accountable for internal killings, regional warmongering, and nuclear weapons development,” she added.
AG Letitia James instructs hospitals to continue sex-change procedures for minors despite Trump’s executive order
New York Attorney General Letitia James warned local hospitals Monday that they will be in violation of state discrimination laws if they comply with President Trump’s executive order aimed at outlawing sex-change procedures for minors.
“Regardless of the availability of federal funding, we write to further remind you of your obligations to comply with New York State laws, including those that prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their membership in a protected class, such as sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, military status, disability, or marital status,” James wrote in a letter to New York healthcare facilities.
“Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination under New York law,” she added.
James, 66, urged anyone who witnesses “potential violations” to contact the New York Attorney General’s Office.
Her letter comes as several hospitals across the country have already taken steps to cut back on so-called “gender-affirming care” in an apparent effort to comply with Trump’s Jan. 28 executive order “protecting children from chemical and surgical mutilation.”
$100 Billion Sent to Ukraine Goes Missing!!
UKRAINE: What if 58% of the U.S. taxpayer dollars sent to Zelensky never even reached Ukraine? Where did it go? Did the CIA skim a cut? Did Ukrainian officials and generals pocket their share? Did The Big Guy get his usual slice? If Zelensky's claim is true—that he only received… pic.twitter.com/PYyZ9HOQ4M
— @amuse (@amuse) February 2, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country has only received around $76 billion in aid from the United States despite America authorising around $175 billion to support the war-torn country.
In an interview with the Associated Press published over the weekend, President Zelensky said he doesn’t know where most of the money the United States allocated under the Biden administration to Ukraine has gone.
“When I hear – both in the past and even now – from the U.S. that America has provided Ukraine with hundreds of billions, as the president of a nation at war, I can tell you – we’ve received more than $75 billion,” he said. “We’re talking about tangible things because this aid didn’t come as cash but rather as weapons, which amounted to about $70 billion.”
“But when it’s said that Ukraine received $200 billion to support the army during the war – that’s not true. I don’t know where all that money went,” Zelensky admitted.
“Perhaps it’s true on paper with hundreds of different programmes – I won’t argue, and we’re immensely grateful for everything. But in reality, we received about $76 billion. It’s significant aid, but it’s not $200 billion.”
The Ukrainian leader suggested that perhaps the additional funds went to humanitarian programmes, which he said he was “uninformed about, except for knowing of their existence”.
“Perhaps the U.S. President’s administration will audit these programmes and find additional billions, but I don’t know where those funds went,” Zelensky said.
He went on to note that following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many organisations fled the country and suggested that they may have also received U.S. taxpayer dollars.
While the U.S. Congress has authorised around $175 billion for Ukraine-related spending since 2022, much of the money has been directed to defence firms in the United States.
An analysis by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) found last year that nearly 70 per cent of Ukraine aid was spent in America, including replenishing U.S. weapons stockpiles, purchasing weapons to be sent to Ukraine, and funding Defence Department accounts.
There have been long-held concerns in Washington over sending billions of dollars to Ukraine given its issues with graft. In 2023, Transparency International ranked Ukraine as the second-most corrupt European nation, only behind Russia, with a score of 33 out of 100.
The Oversight Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives has found that “Ukrainian government officials allegedly engaged in bribery, used government vehicles for personal use, and purchased inflated food supplies for Ukrainian forces.”
Despite previously downplaying the widespread corruption in the former Soviet state, the New York Times reported in 2023 that unnamed Ukrainian officials admitted U.S. taxpayer money intended for military contracts had “failed to produce weaponry or ammunition and that some money has vanished.”
Biden Quietly Funneled $3 Million to Palestinians for Weapons Training Day After PA Security Officers Murdered Israelis
Of course, of course he did. Disgusting. pic.twitter.com/odafczdoD1
— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) February 3, 2025
Trump Wants a Larger Israel
US President Donald Trump spoke with reporters in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon about a variety of issues including Israel and the chances of the ceasefire holding.
“It certainly is a small country in terms of land.” He demonstrated how small Israel is compared to the rest of the region using his pen.
“It’s a pretty small piece of land, and it’s amazing that they’ve been able to do what they’ve been able to do when you think about it. There’s a lot of good, smart brainpower, but it is a very small piece of land,” he added.
Despite its small size, Israel has made remarkable strides in technology, defense, and diplomacy. With a land area of just about 8,550 square miles—smaller than the state of New Jersey—Israel has managed to establish itself as a powerhouse in cybersecurity, medicine, and military innovation.
Fat Nadler Wants to Cut Israel in Half to Create a Palestinian State
New York Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler, long known for his harsh criticism of Israel, has once again launched an unfair attack on the Jewish state. Nadler, whose voting record has consistently aligned with the far-left agenda, voted against key measures aimed at combating rising antisemitism in the United States and abroad. This troubling move is further compounded by his financial ties to J Street, an organization notorious for undermining Israel’s interests and promoting policies that weaken its security.
Nadler’s stance is not new. Despite claiming to be a staunch supporter of Israel, his actions have repeatedly contradicted this claim. From voting against Israel’s right to defend itself during past conflicts to aligning with progressive factions that openly criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership, Nadler’s rhetoric has emboldened Israel’s enemies.
His latest remarks come at a time when Israel is facing unprecedented security challenges. Hamas and Hezbollah continue to escalate their threats from Gaza and Lebanon, and Iran remains steadfast in its pursuit of a nuclear weapon. In this environment, it is crucial for American leaders to show unwavering support for Israel and its democratically elected government. Yet, Nadler’s words and actions seem to play into the hands of those seeking to delegitimize and isolate Israel on the global stage.
Monday, February 3, 2025
All the shocking ways USAID spent your money
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has spent tens of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars on some shocking expenditures.
USAID was established in 1961 to provide money made by Americans to help countries develop abroad.
However, the agency has been shuttered because Donald Trump and his pal Elon Musk have found that the aid being doled out overseas often does not accomplish core U.S. missions, like and expanding education and improving infrastructure.
'You've got to basically get rid of the whole thing. It's beyond repair,' Musk said of USAID on Monday. 'We're shutting it down.'
Now Musk and his DOGE officials are readying to dissolve the agency and roll it into the State Department, an idea the Tesla CEO says Trump is on board with.
Just after taking office, Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio implemented a 90-day freeze on most foreign aid expenditures to give the new administration time to review what USAID's $30 billion FY2025 budget is being used on. Rubio announced Monday he is now the acting director of USAID.
But some Republicans have been sounding the alarm on USAID for weeks, saying the agency is more focused on advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) than diplomacy.
And some USAID receipts show it. DailyMail.com breaks down some of the most shocking ways the agency has spent U.S. taxpayer money.
Peter Beinart of the New York Times Back to Using Nazi Propaganda against His Fellow Jews
Israel has no right to exist, New York Times “contributing opinion writer” Peter Beinart writes in a new opinion article accusing “mainstream American Jewish life” of being idolatrous.
The article appears under a general-purpose headline: “States Don’t Have a Right to Exist. People Do.” Yet after a bit of throat-clearing and hypothetical speculation about Scotland, Britain, Iran, and China, Beinart gets down to making his case for eliminating Israel, or, as he delicately puts it, “rethinking the character of the state” by replacing Israel with something else.
The one country that Beinart is really determined to rethink just happens to be the only one with a Jewish majority. The URL or web address that the Times team gives the article also exposes the game, “https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/opinion/israel-state-jewish.html.”
This isn’t some sort of abstract political theory philosophy project — it’s an effort by Beinart, platformed by the New York Times, to wipe the Jewish state off the map. At this point, it’s predictable and tired. Beinart had already announced in the New York Times back in 2020, “I no longer believe in a Jewish state,” part of what earned him the status of the New York Times‘ most favorite Jew.
So what, if anything, is new in this latest Beinart screed? Beinart has a new book to publicize, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. It is issued by publisher Knopf, whose parent company, Bertelsmann AG, collaborated with the Nazis during World War II and subsequently covered it up.
As is often the case with hatred of Israel, Beinart’s article is marred by factual errors. He claims that “roughly half the people under Israeli control are Palestinian.” That’s simply false; Israel’s population is about 9.8 million, of which about 7.2 million, or 73 percent, are Jewish, according to Israel’s central bureau of statistics. Beinart’s math depends on defining people in Palestinian Authority-controlled Ramallah and Jenin, or in Hamas-controlled Gaza, as being “under Israeli control,” which is not accurate.
Beinart also falsely claims, “Even the minority of Palestinians under Israeli control who hold Israeli citizenship — sometimes called ‘Israeli Arabs’ — lack legal equality.” Just because a group suffers from discrimination or has lower achievement doesn’t mean it lacks legal equality. Israel’s Declaration of Independence states, “It will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race, or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education, and culture.” Israel’s Supreme Court has enforced that promise of equality. Israeli Arabs have the right to vote and serve in the Parliament. An Israeli Arab politician, Mansour Abbas, even recently served as a minister in an Israeli government.
Beinart also complains that “this form of idolatry — worship of the state — seems to suffuse mainstream American Jewish life.” That’s not true. Yes, most mainstream American Jews — unlike Beinart and, apparently, his New York Times editors — care deeply about Israel and oppose the enemies that hope to eradicate it. Yet the comparison to idolatry is inaccurate. It’s also inconsistent with Beinart’s previous claims. Already in his 2012 book The Crisis of Zionism, or even before that in his 2010 article “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment” Beinart was predicting that American Jews would abandon Israel as it became, he claimed, more illiberal and right wing and undemocratic. Now, more than a decade later, he’s accusing American Jews not of abandoning Israel but of worshiping it. At least with his reference to “mainstream Jewish life” Beinart is defining himself clearly outside that. Given that, one wonders why the New York Times has chosen to rely so heavily for analysis of American Jewry and Israel on such an extremist, fringe figure.
I offered a couple of theories last year, including that “some portion of the Times online readership — alienated graduate students and other young, college educated liberals, along with increasing numbers of non-Americans — are looking for someone to give them a pass to hate Israel, basically to excuse their antisemitism. Beinart serves that function.”
In that regard, a Times colleague of Beinart’s offers some useful analysis. In a 2012 review for Tablet of a Beinart book, Bret Stephens, then still at the Wall Street Journal, paraphrased Leon Wieseltier’s observation “that characterizing antisemitic acts as a response to something Jews did doesn’t explain antisemitism. It reproduces it.”
70 Palestinian Prisoners Stranded in Egypt Hotel: ‘No Country Wants Them’
“To date, no Arab country has agreed to receive even a single released and expelled Palestinian prisoner,” a source from the Palestinian Prisoner Authority told Ynet.
The ex-prisoners, who are not allowed to leave their hotel, describe their situation as moving “from an Israeli prison to an Egyptian prison.” The source reports that they had to stay for a long time with their prison clothes and sandals, adding that “the Egyptians do not treat them warmly.”
In addition to those stuck in Egypt, 23 other prisoners who were supposed to be deported abroad are trapped in the Gaza Strip. Among the countries mentioned as potential destinations are Algeria, Turkey, Tunisia, and Qatar.
In a joint statement, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed al-Thani and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that they would agree to host a portion of the released prisoners, without specifying their number. Al-Thani emphasized that hosting the Palestinian prisoners “must be based on their own decision,” while Fidan simply stated: “We have agreed to accommodate a certain number of Palestinian prisoners expelled abroad.”
This situation arises as negotiations for phase two of the agreement are about to begin. Al-Thani indicated that there is no clear plan yet for conducting the discussions, adding that Qatar is currently holding talks with Israel and Hamas in preparation for the negotiations. “We hope to see movement on this issue in the coming days,” he said.
A Special Reunion: Freed Hostage Agam Berger Honors Her Sister
Days after returning from Hamas captivity, Agam Berger presented her sister with the symbolic purple lanyard at the IDF Human Resources NCO graduation ceremony in Ir HaBahadim.
Berger, who served as an IDF observation officer, was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and held in Gaza until her recent release. Her presence at the ceremony was a powerful moment, symbolizing resilience and unity within her family and the Israeli military.
Mahmoud Abbas Calls for Emergency UN Security Council Session Over Israeli Operation in Jenin
Recently, Hamas criticized the Palestinian Authority's operations in the area, accusing Abbas of committing war crimes.
Netanyahu Caves Allows Palestinian Authority to control Rafah Crossing
Late last week, the Rafah Crossing reopened to traffic, and in the past two days, the Palestinian Authority has become involved in its operations - despite promises otherwise by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yediot Aharonot reported.
According to the report, Palestinian Authority representatives are operating the crossing together with a European force and Egyptian security forces. Israel has no presence at the crossing but is indirectly involved in approving who may exit Gaza.
According to reports, Fars a-Rifi was appointed to manage the police station which will beset up at the crossing. A-Rifi is a Fatah operative in Gaza, who formerly served as the PA's police chief in Central Gaza.
Over the past month, the Palestinian Authority has prepared to take control of the crossing, and has held meetings with Egyptian and Israeli sources for this purpose.
MK Itamar Ben Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) responded to the reports, saying: "The government of Israel continues to break its promises and violate the principles it said it would keep, due to this reckless deal. The Prime Minister emphasized countless times that he will not allow the Palestinian Authority to manage the crossing and that this would be a security threat, but unfortunately on this matter as well he caved in."
"The government is allowing the Palestinian Authority -the same one which distributes salaries to terrorists- to control the gate to Gaza. How low will we go?"
FIRE HER NOW! AG Forbids PM Netanyahu to Reappoint Ben Gvir
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Sunday sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that should he consider reappointing MK Itamar Ben Gvir to the post of national Security Minister (or any other – DI), it would require a re-examination of the factual infrastructure based on which the appointment is made.
“Before our discussion on the subject in question has been completed, and before the process of formulating the state’s position with respect to the aforementioned petitions has been completed, MK Ben Gvir announced his resignation from the government. Under these circumstances, I intend to ask the court to order the deletion of the petitions, while upholding the parties’ arguments,” the AG wrote.
She added: “As you consider appointing MK Ben Gvir as a member of the government in the future, an examination of the relevant, up-to-date factual infrastructure will be required, including that which has recently been presented to you. This future examination will be carried out, to the extent necessary, in light of the rules of administrative law, and bearing in mind that this will be considered a new appointment.”
On November 11, 2024, Baharav-Miara sent a letter to Netanyahu urging him to reconsider his stance on the tenure of Minister Ben Gvir. In the letter, she expressed concern over Ben Gvir’s alleged improper interference in police operations and the influence he held over police promotions, which she believed compromised the police’s ability to serve the public impartially rather than in alignment with political interests.
The November letter was part of a broader process to form an official stance on Ben Gvir’s tenure in preparation for the state’s response to the High Court of Justice which had ordered the AG to submit her response by the evening of the 11th. In her letter, Baharav-Miara emphasized that the recent developments, combined with previous events leading up to the petition, pointed to a troubling and ongoing pattern of legal violations, undermining basic governance principles, and politicizing the police force.
Netanyahu received Ben Gvir’s response to the allegations presented against him in the High Court ahead of the hearing on the petitions demanding his removal. In December, Netanyahu was planning to inform the AG that he rejected her claim that Ben Gvir should be removed from his position and that he intended to defend him in the High Court of Justice (via an independent attorney – DI).
Netanyahu was expected to deliver his stance to the AG during their following meeting a week later, as both the PM and the AG were required to submit their responses to the High Court of Justice, after which a date for the hearing on the petitions would be scheduled.
Shortly thereafter, on January 19, three days after stating that he would resign from the government if the hostage deal was approved, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir followed through on his pledge and announced his resignation, along with the resignation of his party’s government ministers.
By David Israel JP
New Data Shows Majority of Israelis Support Annexation
A new survey has found that the majority of Israelis support formal annexation of Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley.
The survey, carried out to measure support of Jewish sovereignty over all or some of Judea and Samaria, examined the Israeli public’s views regarding sovereignty versus a Palestinian state, sovereignty versus the option of peace with Saudi Arabia, and more.
The resulting data showed that 71 percent of those polled oppose a Palestinian state in light of the Simchat Torah massacre events including twelve percent who supported such a state prior to October 7, 2023.
A total of 68 percent support applying sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (across all sovereignty options), the survey found.
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