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“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
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Anybody who watched the entire Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky would know that it was not an “ambush” or a “setup” by Trump, as characterized by Democrats and malign media entities.
It was the opposite. If anyone came to that meeting in bad faith, it was clearly Zelensky, whose body language and attitude was negative from the start. Trump could not have been more cordial, having steered the complex negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to a first step where he believed peace was a real possibility.
But Zelensky had other ideas. He contradicted, interrupted and insulted Trump, even before Vice President JD Vance said a word.
It was 11 minutes in when Zelensky first contradicted Trump with a gratuitous defense of Europe’s financial support for the war, which Trump repeatedly has said was less than America’s.
“President Trump said that they made less support but they are our friends and they are our very supportive partners. They really gave a lot, Mr. President.”
Trump responded: “They gave a lot but they gave much less.” “No,” said Zelensky.
“Much less,” said Trump. “No,” repeated Zelensky. “Nooooo, no.”
Trump smiled and flicked him jokingly to make the exchange look like light-hearted banter.
“OK,” said Trump, ending it. OK,” said Zelensky smirking.
As Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said later, if Zelensky wanted to contradict Trump, “the proper venue for that would have been 15 minutes later [when] we were going to walk into the White House dining room and have lunch, just 16 of us.
“I actually think he was always going to do this and I think he was surprised by the forceful reaction he got back,” Bessent told Fox News.
Direct Polls, which accurately predicted the results of the Jewish state’s most recent general election on Nov. 1, 2022, surveyed a representative sample of 499 Israelis on Feb. 27. (The margin of error is plus or minus 4.6 percentage points at a confidence level of 95%, Direct Polls said.)
If a vote were to be called now, Netanyahu’s coalition would secure 63 mandates out of the Israeli parliament’s 120, up one since the Feb. 13 Direct Polls survey but one fewer than it won in the 2022 general election.
The opposition would take 57 seats, including 10 for the Arab parties, according to the poll, conducted for Israel’s Channel 14 News.
After the Likud, Yair Golan’s The Democrats received the next most projected seats (16), followed by the Yisrael Beytenu Party (15), Shas (10), the National Unity Party (nine), United Torah Judaism (eight), Yesh Atid and Otzma Yehudit (seven each), and Religious Zionism, Ra’am (aka the United Arab List) and Hadash-Ta’al (aka Hadash-The Arab Movement for Renewal) (five each), per the latest Direct Polls survey.
In head-to-head matchups as to who would be best suited in the role of prime minister, Netanyahu defeated National Unity Party’s Benny Gantz, 46%-to-18% (33% of respondents said neither was suited).
When choosing between Netanyahu and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, 47% said the longtime Likud prime minister was best suited to lead the Jewish state, 22% said Lapid and 31% said neither was suitable.
MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionists) spoke to Arutz Sheva-Israel National News about Israel's decision to freeze humanitarian aid to Gaza as well as Israel's stance on the current situation between the US and Ukraine.
Rothman hopes that the halt on aid will lead to the realization of US President Donald Trump's threat to "open the gates of Hell" on Hamas if the hostages are not released. "I think that's the way to go. I was against the deal, to begin with, but we had 42 days of the deal, we are happy about every hostage who came back, but the only way to get all the hostages back is to adopt Trump's original plan to give Hamas an ultimatum." He adds that "stopping the humanitarian aid that was forced on Israel by the Biden administration and other players is the first step towards adopting President Trump's plan."
Asked about the current extension to the ceasefire proposed by White House Middle East envoy Steven Witkoff, which Israel has adopted, Rothman says the plan is "a middle ground between the first plan of stage two, and President Trump's plan. But as we see, Hamas said no to Witkoff's plan. Israel said yes because Israel, above everything else, puts the lives of the hostages at a very high level of importance. That's the way we are, that's part of our Jewish heritage. I personally think that the only way to get the hostages back is Trump's original plan, and not any 'halfways.'"
Rothman also mentions the confrontation between US President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stressing that he is not interfering in US-Ukraine relations, he did note that "I don't see any reason for the State of Israel to take any position, especially when Zelenskyy bad-mouthed Israel, said Israel should stop fighting Hamas, said that he supports a two-state solution, basically taking pieces of land from Israel. I think Israel should not take a stand, definitely not between Ukraine and the US, but even between Ukraine and Russia. When Ukraine starts voting for the State of Israel, supporting Israel's views in the international arena, we would have to consider President Zelenskyy as a friend. Currently, we are only getting attacked by Zelenskyy and Ukraine, so we shouldn't take sides on this matter."
American-Israeli diplomat Dore Gold passed away on Monday at the age of 71.
Gold, who served in the past as the director of the Foreign Ministry, Israeli Ambassador to the UN, and diplomatic advisor to PM Netanyahu, was among those who laid the foundations for the Abraham Accords. He was central in shaping Israel's foreign policy.
His last position was as President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
Gold was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and immigrated to Israel in 1980.
His funeral be held at 4:00 p.m. Israel time at the Kehillat Jerusalem funeral home in Har Hamenuchot in Jerusalem. He is survived by his wife, two children, and six grandchildren.
Released hostage Agam Berger visited Joseph's Tomb last night alongside Samaria governor Yossi Dagan, her mother Merav, and Rabbi Eliyahu Levanon.
Before entering the tomb complex, Agam and her mother visited a winery in the Elon Moreh area.
Inside Joseph's Tomb, Berger and Dagan lit the Ner Tamid, a light that is traditionally kept burning continuously in synagogues. Dagan presented her with a special certificate of appreciation containing a quote that Berger wrote on her way back from Gaza: 'I chose the path of faith.'
“To dear Agam Berger, with your unwavering faith, you maintained the Jewish spirit. Your strength inspired an entire generation. With your determination, you granted the Jewish people power and hope. We deeply appreciate your visit to Joseph's Tomb,” read the certificate of appreciation.
Dagan also gifted her a prayer book engraved with her name, saying, “You symbolze faith. You have no idea how much the Jewish people love and admire you.”
Rabbi Levanon blessed Agam and her mother and led a prayer for the return of hostages and victory in the war. “May you be a messenger of the Jewish people with your inner strength, to bring good news and to see the good in everyone.”
Agam Berger stated, “I want to thank the soldiers. Stay safe; you are truly heroes. Let’s not forget anyone. They need us, they need our prayers, and they need us to be strong for them.”
Yossi Dagan added, “Agam, you and your mother, who raised you to be this way, symbolize something superhuman. You shared incredible hair-raising stories, keeping kosher and honoring Jewish values under conditions that no one could withstand. They respected you more because of this—those barbarians.”
"You are here with us, in this holy place, at the Tomb of Joseph the righteous, who came out of the pit to kingship. Our sister, we are excited that you are here, and we are glad you chose to come here to pray together with the strength of Joseph the righteous, who came out from the pit, and with your strength, that you continue to embody. May the Almighty send, through the IDF, the Israeli government, and all the Jewish people, salvation and bring all the captives out of the pit with a great victory.”
Merav, Agam's mother, also spoke: “After October 7, there were two occasions when I almost reached Joseph's Tomb. It was planned and did not succeed, and today it came to fruition. It feels like Joseph the Righteous invited you, that this will happen with you here. From here, I pray for the redemption of the Jewish people."
"'I am my brother's keeper.' I think this is the Jewish national moral mission of utmost importance. October 7 was a time to take personal and collective stock. I came here to pray for our brothers to receive a hug from their families. Agam in captivity missed her family very much. Family is a sacred value; we need to return to the basics and see ourselves as a family. May the captives merit to visit this holy place, which belongs to us Jews, and not in the dead of night. Agam was abducted as a Jew, and it is time for us to return to our identity, to our values, to act as Jews.”
Dagan thanked the security forces for escorting the group to the tomb, the volunteers of the Local Holy Sites Administration of the Samaria Regional Council, and the team from the Samaria Regional Council that coordinates visits.
Elazar Stern |
Stern emphasized that he supports the opening of cultural and leisure institutions on Shabbat: "I supported and I support the opening of cafes, restaurants, theaters, movies, and cultural performances on Shabbat. Anyone wishing to drink coffee on Shabbat or go to a restaurant is likely to do so on weekdays as well, so there will be both those who open on Shabbat and those who do not. But someone who buys shoes on Shabbat will not buy them again on a weekday."
In conclusion, he called on the operators of the center to reconsider their decision: "Therefore I call on the operators of the mall to retract their decision to open on Shabbat. Until then, I will not shop there and I assume many others will not either. Shabbat is important even to those who travel or go to the movies. It is the first and most successful Jewish startup to this day."
In a rare and heartwarming moment that stirred excitement across the Satmar community, two grandsons of the late Satmar Rebbe, HaRav Moshe Teitelbaum zt”l, were seen shaking hands at a simcha this past week. HaRav Menachem Mendel Teitelbaum, son of HaRav Aharon Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel, and HaRav Yaakov Ber Teitelbaum, son of HaRav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, greeted each other warmly at the bar mitzvah of the son of R’ Chezky Berkowitz, a prominent and respected figure in the Satmar kehillah.
The encounter, captured by attendees and quickly shared across frum circles, marked a significant moment given the well-known divide between the two branches of Satmar leadership. The Kiryas Yoel and Williamsburg factions, led by HaRav Aharon and HaRav Zalman Leib respectively, have historically followed distinct paths since the passing of their father, HaRav Moshe Teitelbaum, in 2006. Public interactions between the two sides have been exceedingly rare, making this handshake a symbol of unity, even if fleeting, for many in the community.
In 2020 YWN previously reported on a historic phone call between HaRav Aharon and HaRav Zalman Leib themselves, which took place during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. That call, lasting just one minute, occurred as their brother, the Zenta Rov, lay on a respirator in critical condition. The brief conversation, a rare moment of direct communication between the two Rebbes in the past two decades, was recorded and shared widely, offering a glimpse of familial connection amid a time of crisis.
In a way I'm hoping for a lefty government and then we will see how much they will get!
Housing Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf, leader of the Charedi United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party, has issued a stark ultimatum to the government, threatening to oppose the 2025 state budget unless it includes more than a billion shekels in coalition funding for Charedi yeshivos. His opposition would jeopardize the budget’s passage, potentially triggering early elections.
This marks Goldknopf’s second threat to the coalition’s stability in less than a week and is the latest in a series of ultimatums from Charedi parties that have, so far, failed to materialize into action.
In a letter to Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, first published by Ynet, Goldknopf complained that despite assurances from Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Smotrich regarding the funds, they were not included in the list of coalition allocations set for cabinet approval on Sunday. He demanded an immediate correction to secure his party’s support for the budget in the Knesset.
The government faces a tight deadline, as the budget must be passed by the end of March. Failure to do so would lead to the automatic dissolution of the government and early elections.
The expected allocation of NIS 1.3 billion ($370 million) in coalition funds for Charedi yeshivas has drawn sharp criticism from opposition figures. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid labeled the move as “corruption,” characterizing the funding as “loot.”
The funding debate comes amid broader negotiations between Netanyahu and the Charedi parties. According to Kol Chai radio, Netanyahu and Smotrich recently offered increased funding for Charedi educational institutions in exchange for support on delaying legislation that would grant yeshiva bochurim exemptions from military service.
Goldknopf’s latest threat follows a similar warning just days ago, when he insisted that the government must pass a draft exemption law before approving the budget. During a UTJ meeting, he argued that repeated delays in enacting military exemptions for yeshiva bochurim were unacceptable.
“We have two options before us: either they put off the conscription bill and we go to summer elections, or they insist on passing it before the budget and the government completes its term,” Goldknopf said, adding that his party would consult its rabbinic leadership before making a final decision.
The conscription of Charedim remains a deeply divisive issue in Israel. The High Court of Justice ruled in June that the government must begin drafting Charedim into the military, ending decades of blanket exemptions.
Netanyahu, under pressure from his Charedi allies, has repeatedly promised a legislative solution to maintain the exemptions. However, a bill addressing the issue remains stalled in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, chaired by Likud MK Yuli Edelstein. Edelstein has insisted that any legislation must significantly increase the IDF’s conscription base.
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi revealed in an interview with journalist Ahmed Mansour that Hamas deliberately rejected a historic opportunity for peace and prosperity for Palestinians—choosing instead to continue its war against Israel.
According to Mardawi, Trump’s Middle East team, led by Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, had offered Hamas a path to statehood in Gaza during Trump’s first administration. The proposal included $10 billion in aid to transform Gaza’s economy and infrastructure; The lifting of the siege on Gaza, allowing free trade and movement; Recognition of Gaza as a Palestinian state, with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar offered the role of president; A precursor to negotiations, including the collection of Hamas’s heavy rockets—weapons used to indiscriminately target Israeli civilians.
And what did Hamas do? They rejected it outright.
Mardawi’s comments once again confirm that Hamas had no interest in peace, no concern for Palestinian well-being, and no desire to build a functioning state. Instead, their only mission remains the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews—a goal they have pursued relentlessly through terror, war, and bloodshed.
Hamas could have ended Palestinian suffering, secured independence, and built a future—but they chose terror over peace.
Very interesting!
Way back in 1967 the Va'Yoel Moshe predicted that 20 years hence there wouldn't be any Moisdois Ha"torah in Israel because the Zionists would destroy all remnants of Torah! In fact, he wrote in his book "Al Hagilah" that there is no reason for Jews to move to Israel because there is no "Torah Future there" and issued a "Fatwa" for his followers around the world to stay in Chutz Le'aaretz and not make Aliyah! Read the Pew Research below and weep!
The latest findings from the Pew Research Center confirm what any Yid could see with his own eyes:
American Jews are more exiled from Hashem than ever before. In 2014, already a distressing 45% of Jewish adults admitted they seldom or never daven. But now the number has climbed to 58%, a staggering decline in personal connection to Hashem.
It gets worse.
Fewer Jews in the U.S. even claim that religion is important in their lives. Jewish institutions—outside of the tzibbur of shomrei Torah u’mitzvos, of course—are in freefall, struggling to keep people engaged.They talk about a “surge” in Jewish identity because of the horrors of October 7th, but their solution has not been to turn to teshuvah. Sadly, they think a fleeting moment of solidarity is enough to replace what has sustained Klal Yisroel since Har Sinai.
To make matters even clearer, the Pew survey shows that Jews in America daven less than nearly every other religious group. Among Muslims, only 18% say they rarely or never pray. Among evangelicals, it’s a mere 7%. The only group lower than American Jews are those who follow the New Age movement, with is shtus and narishkeit by any standards.
Perhaps the most painful statistic of all: A growing number of Jews no longer identify with Yiddishkeit at all, except as some vague cultural inheritance. Half of those in this group actually identify as Christians—a horrifying sign of the continued assimilation that has plagued us for generations.
The Trump administration has approved nearly $12 billion in military sales to Israel since taking office on Jan. 20, said Rubio in a statement.
“The Trump Administration will continue to use all available tools to fulfill America’s long-standing commitment to Israel’s security, including means to counter security threats,” the statement continued.
“This important decision coincides with President Trump’s repeal of a Biden-era memorandum which had imposed baseless and politicized conditions on military assistance to Israel at a time when our close ally was fighting a war of survival on multiple fronts against Iran and terror proxies,” said Rubio.
The $4 billion in military assistance is a reversal of the Biden administration’s partial arms embargo, “which wrongly withheld a number of weapons and ammunition from Israel,” he added.
The Trump administration on Feb. 25 moved to axe a Biden-era regulation preventing United States arms transfers from being used in violation of international law. The directive required recipients of U.S. arms to provide written assurances within 45 days that they were abiding by international law. Israel provided those assurances in a letter on March 20, 2024.
Prior to Rubio’s announcement, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Friday that it had authorized a $2.04 billion sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel. Deliveries are estimated to begin in 2026.
“The proposed sale will improve Israel’s capability to meet current and future threats, strengthen its homeland defense, and serve as a deterrent to regional threats. Israel will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces,” according to a Pentagon statement.
Israel’s Minister of Defense Israel Katz thanked the Trump administration in a post to X on Sunday.
“I want to express my gratitude to the Trump administration, @SecRubio and @SecDef for the urgent approval of the arms sale to Israel. As we defend our nation in this just and prolonged war, your steadfast support strengthens our defense and reaffirms the deep bond between our nations.”
The Biden administration denied it had withheld weapons, except for a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs. However, pro-Israel U.S. politicians revealed that the White House had held up far more, slow-walking shipments via bureaucratic means.
The situation reached a boiling point in June 2024 when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went public with the issue.
“[I]t’s inconceivable that in the past few months the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunition to Israel … Israel, America’s closest ally, fighting for its life, fighting against Iran and our other common enemies,” the premier said in a video message.
The decision was in coordination with the United States.
Israel has decided to completely halt the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and has closed all its crossings as of Sunday morning, the Prime Minister’s Office announced overnight Sunday.
“With the conclusion of Phase One of the hostage deal and in light of Hamas’s refusal to accept the Witkoff outline for continuing negotiations—an outline to which Israel had agreed—Prime Minister Netanyahu has decided that, starting this morning, all entry of goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip will be halted,” the Prime Minister’s Office’s statement read. “Israel will not permit a ceasefire without the release of our hostages. If Hamas continues to refuse, there will be further consequences.”
Despite this, Israeli estimates suggest that the aid that has already been delivered to Gaza provides enough food for the local population to last four to six months. Meanwhile, Hamas, which has been stockpiling food supplies for months at the expense of residents, quickly responded by accusing Israel of “starving the residents of the Gaza Strip.”
On Saturday night, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that Israel had agreed to adopt the outline proposed by President Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire during Ramadan and Passover. The plan includes the release of half of the hostages, both alive and deceased, on the first day. On the final day—if a permanent ceasefire agreement is reached—the remaining hostages will be released.
“While Hamas has repeatedly violated the agreement, Israel reserves the right to resume fighting after the 42nd day if negotiations prove ineffective,” the PM’s Office added.
Saturday night marked 42 days since the agreement with Hamas had been signed, officially bringing Phase One to an end. During this period, Israel halted fighting, withdrew from the Netzarim corridor, and allowed approximately 600 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip daily. In return, 38 hostages were released—30 alive and eight dead—while Israel freed 1,700 terrorists as part of the exchange.
Daas Torah is only for the naive innocent Yeshivishe blind followers! It's not for anyone else!
On February 19, we posted the "Fatwa" issued in a Kol Korah by Rav Landau the Spiritual leader of Degel Hatorah that Degel must leave the government!
It is now 10 days later אין קול ואין עונה! Crickets!
Degel MKs, Moshe Gafni, Yaakov Asher, Uri Maklev and Yitzchok Ze'ev Pindrus are not going anywhere fast! They are holding on to their coveted positions and no Rav is going to tell them what to do! They are defying Daas Torah openly, unashamedly!
So what is "Daas Torah" exactly? For whom is "Daas Torah?"
BREAKING: The DOJ has announced it will be sending boots on the ground to 10 different universities over their failures to combat antisemitism.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 28, 2025
The DOJ is vowing that Hamas supporters and agitators on campus will receive federal hate crime charges. pic.twitter.com/1zKGQJTFkV
This is very serious. https://t.co/5gXHBGGIL8
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) March 1, 2025
A common criticism of Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous Friday performance in the Oval Office is that he failed to read the room.
Actually, the Ukrainian president did read a room — but it was the wrong room.
Before meeting Trump, Zelensky met with anti-Trump Democrats who advised him to reject the terms of the mineral deal the president was offering, according to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
“Just finished a meeting with President Zelensky here in Washington. He confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement where Putin gets everything he wants and there are no security arrangements for Ukraine,” Murphy’s office posted on X at 11:15 a.m. Friday.
He attached a picture of Zelensky at a conference table, with Murphy seated on the opposite side.
Forty minutes later, Zelensky arrived at the White House, where Trump met his car, smiled, shook his hand and walked him into the Oval Office.
The meeting, as the world now knows, quickly went off the rails and ended with Trump angrily ejecting the arrogant ingrate from the White House.
My support for Ukraine is unwavering.
The UK stands with you, @ZelenskyyUa. pic.twitter.com/PsVKyRHKvx
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer embraced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday and told him he had the U.K.’s unwavering support, a day after the blowout at the White House with President Donald Trump.
Zelenskyy arrived to cheers from people who had gathered outside of 10 Downing St., where Starmer gave him a hug and ushered him inside. The two leaders met on the eve of a meeting of European leaders in London. Called to discuss how European nations can defend Ukraine — and themselves — if the U.S. withdraws support, it has taken on new urgency following Trump’s televised berating of Zelenskyy.
“And as you heard from the cheers on the street outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom,” Starmer told the leader of the war-torn country. “We stand with you, with Ukraine, for as long as it may take.”
After the meeting, Britain announced it was extending a 2.26 billion pound ($2.84 billion) loan to Kyiv for military procurement, with the money coming from the profits on frozen Russian assets. It’s Britain’s contribution to a $50 billion package of support pledged by the G-7 group of wealthy industrialized nations.
Zelenskyy thanked Britain in a statement on X, saying: “This is true justice – the one who started the war must be the one to pay.”
Starmer spoke to both Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday evening after meeting Zelenskyy, the prime minister’s office said.
The meeting comes the day after an extraordinary diplomatic meltdown when Trump and Vice President JD Vance blasted Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on live television for not being grateful enough for U.S. support.
Zelenskyy had been poised to ink a deal to give the U.S. access to mineral riches as Trump pressures Ukraine to reach a deal to end the war with Russia. But he left town without signing anything.
Zelenskyy had been scheduled to meet with Starmer on Sunday before the European summit, but the timetable for their bilateral meeting was apparently sped up in the aftermath of the Washington visit.
Zelenskyy will meet with King Charles III on Sunday before the meeting at Lancaster House, a 200-year-old mansion near Buckingham Palace.
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) March 1, 2025
Despite receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in critical military aid since Russia’s invasion in 2022, Ukraine has made a habit of rejecting US interests at the United Nations, according to a review of State Department data by The Post.
After years of skirmishes, Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 — initiating a bloody ongoing conflict which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
The invasion also marked the beginning of a gusher of US military and government aid, with at least $175 billion so far being allocated, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.
That same year, however, Ukraine voted differently than the US on 31% of measures brought before the United Nations General Assembly, according to the data, which shows that the US was in closer alignment with Albania (27%) Iceland (30%) and Micronesia (22%).
As the war raged in 2023, Ukraine’s record slightly improved — voting differently in 24% of cases.
But many of Ukraine’s actions have been in direct opposition to the United States’ position in powderkeg regions, such as the Middle East.
Just days after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the UN passed Resolution ES-10/21 calling for an “immediate and sustained” humanitarian truce.
The US led a bloc of 14 nations to oppose it. Ukraine abstained — and did so again in a follow-up resolution demanding a ceasefire in December 2023, which was also opposed by the US.
In November 2023 the United Nations voted to demand the United States lift its trade embargo on Cuba — with only Israel and the US voting against it. Ukraine abstained.
“I think its disgraceful that a country that is so reliant on the largesse of the United Sates to keep them viable as a nation-state refuses to back our plays in the United Nations and shows that they would rather kowtow to . . . somebody else when we’re the ones keeping them safe,” Jim Hanson, a international affairs consultant in D.C., told The Post.
Among the nations, Israel’s voting record was most closely aligned to the United States with a voting coincidence of over 90% in both years.
Last year’s data is expected to be released by the end of March.
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid went “on a vile antisemitic rant,” in which she blamed Orthodox Jews for the spread of COVID-19 in New York City, a former production assistant at the network claims.
In the summer of 2020, the lefty former “TheReidOut” host allegedly ripped Orthodox Jews, saying they “only care about themselves” and are “in their own bubble,” and accused the group of reckless behavior during the pandemic, according to the PA.
The ex-PA, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she is speaking out now that Reid’s been axed because “people should know what her character is.”
“They’re the reason why COVID is spreading across New York,” the former staffer claimed Reid said unchallenged during a morning conference call. “They don’t care about COVID or spreading it to others.
“I was shocked she called out a group and generalized them,” said the ex-PA, who is Jewish, who said it was even more shocking that the “other people on the call went along with it as if it’s a normal thing to say.”
About 20 people from the production team were on the call, she recalled.
“No one called her out [saying] ‘Maybe we shouldn’t generalize.’ Imagine if you said that about any other group of people – even if it were true – saying that any other group didn’t care about COVID?
“I remember feeling shocked – shocked by her ignorance and how antisemitic it sounded.”
The source, who felt too “intimidated” as a young staffer to speak out at the meeting, sent a Slack message later that day to her boss, then-senior producer Lorena Ruiz.
In the messages, shared this week with The Post, she expressed her deep concern over the “100 percent antisemitic” comments.
She asked her boss to consider “collective responsibility” since many Orthodox Jews were “part of the many doctors creating the COVID guidelines and restrictions, and risking their lives every day to treat COVID patients.”
Ruiz replied that the young staffer had a “good point.”
“Joy can be very careless with her language,” she wrote, adding, “Luckily, she is generally better on air than on the calls” before she thanked the junior staffer for “bringing it up,” according to a copy of the messages seen by The Post.
At the time of its debut in July 2020, the much-hyped 7 p.m. show, “TheReidOut,” was hailed by the left as a fresh voice, covering “the intersection of race, justice and culture.”
From 2016 to 2020, Reid also hosted the weekend political show “AM Joy.”
“It was a very hypocritical atmosphere. It was completely contradictory,” said the source, noting that Reid’s shtick was speaking up for so-called marginalized groups but had no problem blaming Jews for spreading the virus.
“It was very targeted racial issues [on the show] but other discrimination went ignored,” said the former staffer.
She was so “turned off” and stung, she wanted to quit, even going so far as to compose a note of resignation over the inflammatory incident. “I was writing out a text like I don’t feel comfortable continuing on the show,” she said, adding that her family “talked me out of it.”
The staffer — who worked on Chris Matthews’ “Hardball” show until it was canceled early in 2020 — is now 28 and still works in media. She admitted she felt “very alone and like I was working with people who don’t understand.”
After Reid was canned recently, the former staffer emailed MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler, expressing her “sense of relief” after witnessing firsthand Reid’s “deeply troubling behavior, particularly her vile antisemitism.”
“All these years, I never spoke up about it, except to my closest friends and family,” she said with regret. “I always felt like it was something heavy on my chest.
“I think maybe I should have spoken out to someone higher up or even to her [Reid] herself, that I should have spoken up more.”
NBCUniversal declined to comment.
Neither Reid, her agent nor Ruiz returned messages.