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VIDEOS: Declaration Day, Jerusalem Day, and Shabbat 250 — A Beautiful Jewish Package “Deal”

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The official symbol of the City of Jerusalem is a lion. It represents the “Lion of Judah,” the symbol of the Tribe of Judah and later the Kingdom of Judah, whose capital was Jerusalem.

The Liberation of Jerusalem:

This Is The IDF:

The Battle for Jerusalem:

“Jerusalem of Gold” – Israeli Patriotic Song (Yerushalayim shel zahav)

Yom Yerushalayim Yerushalayim Shel Zahav | Jerusalem Day:

“It becomes the song of the time …. It is a song of hope, and it is a song of prophecy that was fulfilled in our very own day. The song Yerushalayim Shel Zahav is embedded within the psyche of the Jewish People. It is part of who we are.” — Rabbi Lewin.

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Rape Dogs Claim Lands NYT in Defamation Lawsuit

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Israel announced it will pursue a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times following the publication of an opinion piece by columnist Nicholas Kristof that alleged Israeli forces trained dogs to rape Palestinian women.

“Today I instructed my legal advisers to consider the harshest legal action against The New York Times and Nicholas Kristof,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on X. “They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape, trying to create a false symmetry between the genocidal terrorists of Hamas and Israel’s valiant soldiers. Under my leadership, Israel will not be silent.”

“We will fight these lies in the court of public opinion and in the court of law, truth will prevail,” the head of state continued.

Critics have said Hamas has engaged in a propaganda war intended to “provoke outrage, shift public opinion, and pressure Israel through foreign governments and media.”

Danger of Defamation in Media Reporting

The Israeli Foreign Ministry did not respond to The Daily Signal’s requests for comment.

The dispute comes amid heightened tensions following Israel’s military campaign against Hamas and Hezbollah after Hamas terrorists killed, raped, and or tortured over 1,000 Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023.

The American Jewish Committee has reported a 400% increase in antisemitic incidents in the United States since the attacks.

While The New York Times has not directly responded to Israel’s legal threat, the newspaper defended Kristof’s column on X after Israeli officials described the essay as “blood libel.”

In a statement, the outlet said the op-ed “draws together on-the-record accounts and cites several analyses documenting the practice of sexual violence and abuse conducted by various parts of Israel’s security forces and settlers.”

The paper added that the “deeply reported piece of opinion journalism” begins with Kristof’s assertion that “whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.”

“The accounts of the 14 men and women he interviewed were corroborated with other witnesses, whenever possible, and with people the victims confided in—including family members and lawyers,” the statement said. “Details were extensively fact-checked, with accounts further cross-referenced with news reporting, independent research from human-rights groups, surveys, and in one case, with U.N. testimony.”

The United Nations has acknowledged that Hamas committed acts of sexual violence during the Oct. 7 attack and released a report describing bodies with “genital injuries” found near the Nova Music Festival, which was overrun by Hamas terrorists. The U.N. has not formally condemned Hamas for those acts.

American politicians and commentators have sharply criticized the op-ed.

“Claiming Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinians is modern-day blood libel—propaganda pushed as more horrific details emerge about Hamas’ systematic torture on Oct. 7,” former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley wrote on X. “Distracting from these atrocities and smearing Israel while victims still fight for acknowledgment is sickening.”

Political commentator David Collier, who has more than 270,000 followers on X, accused major news outlets of amplifying Hamas propaganda.

“Since Oct. 7, Western media sources like @nytimes have become Hamas propaganda agents—dressing up Hamas lies as ‘investigative pieces’—and helping to fuel hatred of Israel and violent antisemitism around the world,” Collier wrote. “Seems like Israel has had enough.”

Who Is Nicholas Kristof?

Nicholas Kristof is a longtime New York Times columnist and self-described liberal or progressive commentator known for his focus on human rights, poverty, and social justice. A frequent CNN contributor, Kristof has won two Pulitzer Prizes for commentary.

In 2022, Kristof attempted to run for governor of Oregon as a Democrat but was disqualified by the state Supreme Court, which ruled he did not meet the state’s three-year residency requirement.

Following the ruling, Kristof said he planned to remain politically engaged, writing that he would “keep fighting” on issues, including homelessness and mental health.

“I want to be clear that I’m not going anywhere,” Kristof said.

New York Times’ Rebuttal

A spokesperson for the New York Times told the Daily Signal that “the Israeli Prime Minister has threatened to file a libel lawsuit against The New York Times regarding Nicholas Kristof’s deeply reported opinion column on sexual abuse by Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers, and interrogators.”

“This threat, similar to one made last year, is part of a well-worn political playbook that aims to undermine independent reporting and stifle journalism that does not fit a specific narrative. Any such legal claim would be without merit,” she continued.

The spokeswoman pointed out that “Nick’s column starts with a proposition to readers: ‘Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.’ Nick writes about the brutal sexual assaults against Israeli women during the Hamas-led attack on Israel.”

“He then chronicles 14 on-the-record victim accounts and cites eight independent human rights reports documenting the practice of sexual violence and abuse conducted by various parts of Israel’s security forces and settlers,” she added. “Nick has covered sexual violence for decades, and is widely regarded as one of the world’s best on-the-ground journalists in documenting and bearing witness to sexual abuse experienced by women and men in war and conflict zones.”

The NYT spokesperson concluded: “The accounts of the men and women he interviewed were corroborated with witnesses, whenever possible, and with people the victims confided in, including family members and lawyers. Details were extensively fact-checked, with accounts further cross-referenced with news reporting, independent research from human-rights groups, surveys and in one case, with U.N. testimony. Independent experts were consulted on the assertions in the piece throughout reporting and fact-checking.”

AUTHOR

Pedro Rodriguez

Pedro Boccalato Rodriguez-Aparicio is a journalism fellow at the Daily Signal. Follow on X pedrobrodrigue7.

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FLORIDA: Sarasota Attorneys Declare Pohibition of Creamation of Jewish Holocaust Survivor “ABSURD”

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It seems that millennia of Jewish law which forbids incineration of Jewish bodies is not fashionable in certain elite Sarasota legal circles; it is, in fact, “absurd,” according to top attorneys and partners at Williams Parker Attorneys at Law, Mark A. Schwartz and Bonnie Lee Ann Polk, both of whom were amongst SRQ Magazine’s 2025 Elite Top Attorneys list.

In their recent filing before Sarasota Probate Judge Charles E. Williams, Schwartz and Polk denigrated the bedrock Jewish law that prohibits cremation, labelling it as some sort of absurd prohibition against the [Holocaust Survivor] Decedent being cremated. Schwartz and Polk representing Corporate Personal Representative of the Estate of Marie Lubowski Winkelman falsely represented in their filing, attached, that the cremation of Marie Winkelman was “in accordance with her own wishes as determined in the guardianship court, and [in] compliance with the Decedent’s wishes as determined in the guardianship court,” when the attorneys knew that Judge Charles E. Williams, former Chief Judge, had promptly signed the Order for cremation sought by Robert Scheb for Sabal Trust/Hancock Whitney Bank. In truth, the guardianship court (1) never held any hearing, (2) never received any sworn testimonies in support of Marie’s cremation (which occurred 10 years later), (3) never sought advisement from Jewish authorities on Jewish , (4) never permitted Dr. Beverly Newman to present sworn eyewitness evidence of Marie’s wishes for her body upon her death, and (5) never received any sworn evidence, in accordance with law, that Marie Winkelman wished to be cremated.

Marie Winkelman, whose family was incinerated in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, was always traumatized at the thought of cremation, having witnessed the inferno on the Warsaw Ghetto that left her family, neighbors, schoolmates, and entire Jewish community without graves, proper Jewish funerals and burials,

The only material matter of Marie Winkelman’s earthly existence left by the Sarasota court is Marie’s money, which millions have been largely consumed by attorney fees beginning in 2013 that forced Marie into a corporate guardianship under the control of persons totally unfamiliar to her. Facing a blighted future of uncertainty, Marie sought comfort and guidance from her Holocaust Survivor advocate, Dr. Beverly Newman, who pleaded for Marie’s dignity through the present and for Marie’s rites and rights as a Jew.

SARASOTA ATTORNEYS DECLARE PROHIBITION AGAINST CREMATION OF JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR “ABSURD”

Since when can a probate judge order the total elimination of a Holocaust Survivor known as “erasive antisemitism,” that negates the identity and religious rights of a Jew?

Since when does the Jewish community stand silent in the face of desecration of Jewish bodies, such that nothing identifiable is left of Marie Winkelman and Marie’s ashes – like her family’s — are somewhere, anywhere, everywhere?

Since when does a Jew not deserve Chevra Kadisha guarding of the body, washing, and preparation for proper Jewish burial, Jewish prayers, a white shroud, a pine casket, a proper Jewish funeral and burial, minyan, shiva, Kaddish prayers, gravesite in a Jewish cemetery, a eulogy, gravestone, an obituary – none of which Marie Winkelman received for her miraculous bravery in the Holocaust, decades of being married to fellow Holocaust Survivors and widowed twice, beautiful artworks, unmatched generosity and kindnesses for others, and loving autobiographical legacy for the world to know her own tragedies and treks upward?

Since when can “Elite Top Attorneys” denigrate bedrock Jewish law as “some sort of absurd prohibition” against incinerating a Jew and a Jew’s rights and rites to be treated with dignity?

Beverly Newman’s Motion includes a long, meandering narrative that falsely and illogically attempts to boot-strap the horrors of the Holocaust into some sort of absurd prohibition against the [Holocaust Survivor] Decedent being cremated upon her death in accordance with her own wishes [with no hearing, no testimonies, and no sworn evidence of Marie Winkelman’s wishes] as determined in the guardianship court, and that compliance with the Decedent’s wishes as determined in the guardianship court somehow constitutes antisemitism and by extension grounds to remove the Personal Representative

Signed

By:/s/ Mark A. Schwartz Mark A. Schwartz, Esquire Florida Bar No. 0064367 Bonnie Lee A. Polk, Esquire Florida Bar No. 0030678 50 Central Avenue, Eighth Floor Sarasota, Florida 34236 Tel: (941) 366-4800 Fax: (941) 366-5109 Attorneys for Hancock Whitney Bank as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marie L. Winkelman

Williams Parker Attorneys at Law

October 24, 2024

Williams Parker attends AJC 2024 lunch and learn on Jewish affairs

We were honored to attend the AJC

American Jewish Committee 2024 Lunch & Learn, where International Expert Belle Yoeli shared invaluable insights on the State of Jewish Affairs: Around the World with AJC!

Our attendees, Emma Onesti, Claudia Gesiotto, Mark Schwartz, and Gail Farb, were proud to represent Williams Parker. We are grateful to have sponsored this event and support the important work of AJC.

Mark Schwartz

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Sarasota’s “Elite Top Attorneys” have fed local, national, and global “erasive antisemitism” by deprecating as “absurd” millennia of bedrock Jewish law to bury every Jew with dignity and purity for her afterlife, when her bones will be rejoined together with her sinews and flesh and skin and the breath of life.

Ezekiel 37

The Valley of Dry Bones

The Valley of Dry Bones: Ezekiel’s …

37 The hand of the L-rd was on me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the L-rd and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “Sovereign L-rd, you alone know.”

4 Then He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the L-rd! 5 This is what the Sovereign L-rd says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the L-rd.’”

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

9 Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign L-rd says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.

11 Then He said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign L-rd says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the L-rd, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the L-rd have spoken, and I have done it, declares the L-rd.’”

But Marie Winkelman has no bones, sinews, flesh, or skin and no grave.

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The Iranian ‘Oskar Schindler’

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In the chilling winter of 1940, Paris had lost its light. The Nazi flag flew over the Eiffel Tower, and the machinery of the Holocaust was beginning to grind through the streets of France. While many diplomats packed their bags or looked the other way to preserve their careers, one man stayed behind in the Iranian consulate. His name was Abdol Hossein Sardari, and he was about to engage in a high-stakes game of legal gymnastics and moral courage that would save thousands of lives.

WATCH: Why did an Iranian Muslim save Jews in the Holocaust?

Often overshadowed by the story of Oskar Schindler, Sardari’s efforts were perhaps even more audacious because he operated entirely within the belly of the beast, using the Nazis’ own pseudoscientific racial theories against them.

When the Vichy government and Nazi occupiers began implementing anti-Jewish laws, they targeted anyone of Jewish descent. Sardari, a junior diplomat left in charge of the Iranian mission, we saw the impending catastrophe. He did not just see a humanitarian crisis; he saw a threat to Iranian sovereignty.

To protect Iranian Jews living in France, Sardari crafted a brilliant, if surreal, historical argument. He reached out to Nazi officials and claimed that Iranian Jews – whom he called Jugutis – were not racially Jewish in the sense defined by the Nuremberg Laws. He argued they were Mosaics, which he defined as Persians who followed the teachings of Moses but remained ethnically and racially Aryan.

It was a bold gamble. He was effectively telling the architects of racial purity that their definitions were flawed. Through persistent lobbying and the use of his personal wealth to host lavish dinners for German officials, he managed to secure an exemption. The Nazi racial experts, baffled by the complexities of Persian history, eventually conceded that Jugutis should be treated as Iranians and, therefore, as non-Jewish under the law.

The legal exemption for Jugutis was only the beginning. As the war progressed and the Vel d’Hiv Roundup saw thousands of Jews deported to Drancy and onwards to death camps, Sardari realized that legal arguments would not be enough. He needed to get people out of the country.

Without the authorization of his government – which had been invaded by the British and Soviets and was no longer paying his salary – Sardari began issuing blank Iranian passports. He stayed in occupied Paris at great personal risk, using his own funds to keep the consulate running. He issued over 500 Iranian passports, but the impact was much larger. Each passport was often used for an entire family, and many were given to non-Iranian Jews as well.

By providing these documents, he granted the holders the protection of a neutral state. When the Gestapo came knocking, a Persian passport was a shield that turned a target of the regime into a protected foreign national.

Sardari’s heroism was not without a price. When the war ended, his government did not welcome him home as a hero. In fact, he was investigated for embezzlement and for issuing unauthorized passports. It was not until much later that his name was cleared, though he never sought recognition for what he had done.

He lived out his final years in a modest flat in South London, having lost his property and pension during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He died in 1981, largely forgotten by the world he helped save.

“When I was asked about the passports, I simply said I did my duty as a human being. If I had to do it again, I would.” – Abdol Hossein Sardari

>His story finally reached a global audience through the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which helped document his incredible defiance.

Estimates suggest that Sardari’s actions saved between 2,000 and 3,000 lives. While numbers are a common way to measure the scale of such deeds, the comparison to Oskar Schindler is less about the tally and more about the isolation of the act. Unlike Schindler, who eventually had a network of support, Sardari was a solitary figure in a diplomatic vacuum.

His story is a vital reminder that the Aryan identity, which the Nazis used to exclude and destroy, was reclaimed by an actual Persian to include and protect. He used the enemy’s logic to dismantle their cruelty. Sardari proved that even in the darkest bureaucratic labyrinths, a single lamp of human decency can light the way to safety. He did not just save individuals; he saved the very idea of Iranian hospitality and the ancient bond between the Persians and Jewish people.

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VIDEO: Thomas Sowell and Why the World Hates the Jews

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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” shares a clip of Thomas Sowell explaining the roots of anti-Semitism and why middleman minority groups like the Jews around the world have always been persecuted over time.

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VIDEO: The Bible Says that Gaza will be Destroyed

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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GAZA WILL BE DESTROYED!

Judgment on Nations — Zephania 2:4-7

4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, ….
5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,….
The word of the L-rd is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines:
“I will destroy you;
So there shall be no inhabitant.”
6 The seacoast shall be pastures,
With shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7 The coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah;
They shall feed their flocks there;
In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening.
For the L-rd their G-d will intervene for them,
And return their captives.

Jeremiah 47:1-7

The word of the L-rd that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. “Thus says the L-rd: Behold, waters are rising out of the north, and shall become an overflowing torrent; they shall overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every inhabitant of the land shall wail. At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels, the fathers look not back to their children, so feeble are their hands,….

Exodus 23:30-31

Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land. And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

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Jews Are NOT Voting for Mamdani

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Ignore the fake polls. More sharia compliant media disinformation.

No, Jews Are Not Voting for Mamdani

By Daniel Greenfield, Oct 25, 2025:

Ignore the fake polls.There are fake polls out there, but the real polling is pretty clear.

75% of New York State Jews have a negative view of Mamdani. Only 15% have a positive one.

Siena did include a smaller New York City voter survey with a fairly small sample size. It’s less reliable for polling Jews because of that small total sample size since 317 voters means we’re probably looking at a Jewish sample size in the low double digits.

It shows 44% of Jews voting for Cuomo, 23% voting for Sliwa, and 20% voting for Mamdani.

The New York Times/Siena poll shows no Jewish affinity for Mamdani either.

A lot of people are citing the FOX News poll claiming that Cuomo and Mamdani are neck and neck among Jewish voters.

The poll is wrong. Period.

One tell is that margin of error at 9.5% for its Jewish respondents is higher than any other group.

A second tell is that credible polling has significant Jewish backing for Sliwa while the FOX News poll shows very little. A third tell is that New York City has the largest Jewish conservative base in the country, which was reflected not only in polls, but in actual elections, and yet the FOX News poll shows Jews as cliched liberals. What that indicates to me is that unlike the Times/Siena poll, the FOX News poll really did not sample Orthodox Jews.

The non-Jewish parts of the FOX News poll are also dubious. The FOX News poll shows Hochul with a much higher approval rating than she has in real life.

And the biggest red flag for the FOX News poll is it would have us believe that 42% of New Yorkers are satisfied with the way things are today. I have never seen any numbers like that. Most New Yorkers are quite unhappy and that’s one of the things driving the Mamdani campaign.

What went wrong with the FOX News poll? I don’t know. Liberals were clearly oversampled. But it doesn’t reflect the reality of Jewish voters or New York City voters.

AUTHOR

Pamela Geller

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On Israel, Trump Is Right and His Critics Are Wrong

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Some of the most astute writers and commentators who have weighed in on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire/hostage release/end of war issue that is on every media outlet’s front burner today and for the last few weeks is dead wrong about what they say is the foolish, dangerous, misguided, cave-to-the-terrorists, endanger Israel, empower-our-enemies choice that President Donald Trump and his negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have made in this delicate process.

“What is it about cutting off the head of the snake Trump doesn’t understand?” rails one critic who questions why Hamas has not yet been obliterated.

“What right does Trump have to repeatedly warn Israel against sovereignty decisions over at least a significant portion of 4,000-year-old ancestral Jewish lands in Judea and Samaria?” says another critic who admits he voted twice for President Trump.

And here is what the Green Prince — son of one of the founders of Hamas — tells Chris Cuomo at CNN he thinks about this bad “deal”:

Dozens — nay, hundreds — of other headlines echo everything from disapproval to horror to disgust and contempt.

Even P.M. Netanyahu’s brother-in-law, of all people, weighed in, saying that “for forty years already, I’ve fought against the moral abomination of releasing terrorists.”

Convenient Amnesia

Interestingly, those critics choose to forget that in his former life as a billionaire builder, then-Mr. Trump dealt routinely with the mob — the Mafia — the organization that essentially controlled all building in New York, and the unions (of plumbers, electricians, et al.), as well as countless politicians, judges, again et al.

As everyone knows, the penalty for crossing the mob…let’s leave it at that.

The point is that dealing with tough and cutthroat characters was nothing new to Mr. Trump.

But granted, the mob appeared to be small potatoes during President Trump’s first term, as he encountered the treachery of the Democrat party’s vicious daily — actually, hourly — assaults via the phony Russian hoax, the phony impeachments, the phony January 6 “insurrection,” the phony lawfare attacks, on and on and on.

But he survived and, after the rigged election of 2020, went on to thunderously win his second term in the White House — in spite of two assassination attempts.  He is now keenly aware of the subversive, indeed treasonous, Democrats who are now, thanks to their regressive policies and alienating representatives, polling at the bottom of the fetid barrel, right along with the longtime cesspool in New York City, commonly known as the United Nations.

But what about the Israel deal?

Critics of this deal often cite the outrage of President Trump dealing with the likes of Qatar, the very funders and arch-believers in Hamas — and Hezb’allah and the Houthis, et al. — and all of the goals inscribed in their mission statements…to annihilate all Jews on earth and to occupy, actually own, every square inch of Israel.

  • How could he even speak to these terrorist-supporters?
  • Doesn’t he know that they always lie, that there is even an Islamic word, taqiyya, that in essence permits and even approves of both lying and deception?
  • Can’t he appreciate that they are laughing behind his back?
  • Doesn’t he appreciate that the minute they agree to anything, or sign any document, they will renege and violate every word?

In fact, knowing all of these things is precisely the president’s genius!

Real Insight

It reminds me of something I learned when I was studying to become a psychotherapist decades ago.  One of the theorists we studied was Erik Erikson (1902–1994), a German-American child psychoanalyst who coined the phrase “identity crisis” and was ranked as the 12th most eminent psychologist of the 20th century.

The incident took place when Dr. Erikson went to visit one of his patients in a mental hospital.  Upon seeing the doctor, the patient greeted him warmly and then reminded him: “Dr. Erikson, you do remember that I am Jesus Christ!”

And what was Dr. Erikson’s response?  Did he remind the patient that he was delusional?  Did he correct the patient’s statement by telling him his actual name?  Did he recommend that the patient should see him more often?

None of the above.  He simply said, “Oh, I understand that your father was a carpenter.”

What was Dr. Erikson doing?  Instead of being a didactic therapist, citing all the things he had learned in his medical residency about the human psyche, he entered into his patient’s world.  In fact, he affirmed this delusion by de facto not only agreeing that he was speaking with Jesus Christ, but by affirming that he knew something factual about his background.

By doing so, he also affirmed his patient’s trust.

Sound Familiar?

If you’re speaking with someone who believes fervently in terrorism, who donates massive amounts of money to keep terrorist networks alive and in savage action, do you scold him, chastise him, lecture him, judge him…or do you enter into their warped worlds, finding words that convince them that you’re not going to talk about murder and rape and sadism on an unspeakable level, but rather the huge and enticing benefits of calling it a day, and also the huge and draconian consequences if you don’t?

Mystery Solved

How did President Trump get terror-infatuated Qatar and all the surrounding anti-Israel Arab states, and most if not all of the European anti-Israel countries, to embrace the unprecedented ceasefire and hostage release that took place before the eyes of the entire world on October 13, 2025?

Simply, he entered their world.  He told them he understands their concerns.  He never contradicted their blatant racism.  He never challenged their 7th-century mentality.  He only told them that what lay in their futures was eminently more attractive — and more profitable — than their current path.

And to be sure, he also told them that if they crossed him, they would be crossing the United States of America, and that, in his book, would require him to level consequences they never wanted to think about.

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Arabs Accuse Jews of Giving Away Too Much Money

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An Arab website has published the news that American Jews donate far more, per capita, than non-Jews to charitable enterprises, and concludes that this is a danger, for those cunning Jews can thereby buy “influence” for the Zionist cause. More on this latest preposterous claim can be found here: “Arab paper: ‘Jews are the biggest US philanthropists. That proves how dangerous they are!,’” Elder of Ziyon, March 7, 2025:

One of the most fascinating thing about antisemites is that even when Jews and the Jewish state do things that are unequivocally good, they frame it as bad.

Arabi21.com refers to a report from Philanthropy.com where, the Arab site claims, Jews are vastly overrepresented as donors to charity in the US. Check out this headline:

A third of the largest donors in the United States are Jews… “They gain wide influence”

The Arabi21 article points out that Michael Bloomberg is by far the biggest donor, with $3.7 billion in 2024, followed by Michael Dell and his wife (#3, $1.4 billion), Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife (#5, $1.1 billion), Google founder Sergey Brin (#15, $205 million)  and Sheryl Sandberg (#23,  $125 million.)

They give the bulk of their charity to the arts, medical centers, universities and social programs. Arabi21, of course, highlights the relatively small amounts some of them gave to help Israel, noting Sandberg declared her “support for the Israeli women who were victims of sexual crimes committed by Hamas during the October 7, 2023 massacre.”

It concludes that “Many critics argue that the philanthropic influence of education and health gives them political clout and allows them to control the public narrative.”

I don’t remember any Arabic articles about how much Arab countries give to US universities, specifically to influence their curricula.

The difference is that when Arab nations donate to US entities like universities, the money is specifically aligned with their political program – influence is the the major reason for the donations. When Michael Bloomberg pays the tuition for all of for Johns Hopkins University medical students, he gains nothing politically, and Jews gain nothing politically.

Jewish philanthropy comes from individual Jews; Arab philanthropy comes mostly from governments. Jewish philanthropy is spread throughout the society: money is given to universities, hospitals, art museums, concert halls, to supply medical care for children, to pay for the college and graduate tuition of entire classes, to prepare “inner-city youth” with training that will allow them to enter the high-tech workforce, to support the Metropolitan Opera and the Kennedy Center, and much more. There is no quid pro quo being sought, no attempt to translate such philanthropy into political power, and then into support for Israel.

Arab philanthropy comes mainly from governments, and then from only a handful — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar — who are intent mainly on furthering “understanding” for Islam at universities and among the general public, by endowing professorships in Arab, Islamic, and “Palestinian” studies. The Saudis are by far the biggest donors. A case of Saudi money being cleverly deployed is the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, part of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and thus well-placed to influence members of the American government. There is also an Alwaleed Center at Harvard, also a source of pro-Islamic and pro-Arab propaganda, well-placed at Harvard to influence those who will become members of the American elite.

Here’s an easy way for the Arabs to remedy the situation in the U.S.: engage in massive philanthropy just the way that American Jews do, but give more. Dig into your trilllion-dollar sovereign wealth funds — an increase in philanthropic spending of tens of . billions of dollars will hardly make a dent — and spread that colossal largesse all over the Western world, but especially in the United States. Do just as those “Jewish philanthropists” you are so worried about do — give to the same universities, art museums, hospitals, concert halls, and so on, but make sure to give more than Jews do. And then you’ll see if, indeed, those sums can buy you the misunderstanding of Islam you seek, and the support for the “Cause of Palestine” that still animates you.

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VIDEO: Details on Muslims attacking Israelis in Amsterdam

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In English:

The Dutch police did nothing to prevent the disturbances. They spoke to the rioting Muslims as if they were their friends and, on the other hand, wanted to stop the attacked Israelis — it is desirable to have a Jewish march in Amsterdam as a show of force.

Amsterdam Pogrom: Was it planned and if so — by who?

In German:

Die niederländische Polizei unternahm nichts, um die Unruhen zu verhindern: Sie sprach mit den aufständischen Muslimen, als wären sie ihre Freunde, und wollte andererseits die angegriffenen Israelis aufhalten — als Zeichen dafür ist ein jüdischer Aufmarsch in Amsterdam wünschenswert Gewalt

In Dutch:

De Nederlandse politie deed niets om de ongeregeldheden te voorkomen: ze spraken de opstandige moslims toe alsof ze hun vrienden waren en wilden aan de andere kant de aangevallen Israëli’s tegenhouden — het is wenselijk om een Joodse mars in Amsterdam te houden als show van kracht

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EVIL: Kamala Harris Accuses Israel of Genocide

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Like all historical Jew haters, Kamala Harris is spreading blood libel and vicious lies about the Jews further putting Jewish lives at risk. A US Presidential candidate that stands with Hamas and genocidal jihad terror groups is unfit for office – and anything else that requires a heart, a soul and a brain.

Harris’s “validation of this ugly genocide charge is ignorant, malign and thoroughly disqualifying for any public office, let alone the presidency! Since Israel became a state, its Palestinian Arab population increased more than ten-fold!”  — David Friedman

WATCH: Harris’ response to pro-Hamas student that Israel is committing genocide, “it’s real”

Kamala Harris publicly agrees with protestor accusing Israel of genocide: ‘What he’s talking about, it’s real’

By  Jon Levine · New York Post
Published Oct. 19, 2024, 5:33 p.m. ET

Vice President Harris publicly agreed with a protestor this week who interrupted her to accuse Israel of committing “genocide.”

The moment went down during a campaign stop Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, when a pro-Hamas UWM student began yelling out while the Democratic presidential nominee was speaking, video of the exchange showed.

“I am so invested in you all, in every way,” Harris can be heard saying as the interruption began.

“And in genocide right?” the heckler said.

Someone off-camera can be heard whispering “shut up,” but the outburst continued.

“I’m speaking right now,” Harris said before launching into her now well-worn response to similar interruptions.

“I know what you’re speaking of. I want the ceasefire. I want the war to end. And I respect your right to speak but I am speaking right now.”

“But what about the genocide? What about the genocide though?” the protestor, wearing a keffiyeh, yelled.

The man was then escorted out of the hall while yelling, “19,000 children are dead, and you won’t call it a genocide.”

In the silence that followed his exit, Harris turned back to the audience.

“Listen, what he’s talking about, it’s real. That’s not the subject that I came to discuss today, but it’s real and I respect his voice,” Harris said.

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WATCH: An extraordinary young man stands alone in front of UK Parliament defending Israel on October 7th

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Gotta say, this was quite a clear and original thinker. A self proclaimed Quebec separatist, a group for whom I have increasing sympathy and would be an Ontario separatist were it not that both the Quebec and Ontario governments are as communist and anti-liberty as the Federal government is now, gave a wonderfully lucid explanation for why this CEJEP student came over to Ottawa on the 7th to stand this ground.

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RAIR has the write up here.

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VIDEO: Two amazing Jewish women who are shaking up the Democrat Party!

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Tom Trento, Director of The United West, interviews Michelle Terris and Karys Rhea about their work helping life-long Jewish Democrats JEXIT the Democrat Party.

Trento and the ladies touch on several controversial issues including Kamala Harris, leftist Jews, support for Israel and the destruction of HAMAS.

Michelle Terris is the Founder and President of JEXIT, an activist organization helping Jews EXIT the Democrat Party.

Karys Rhea is a Producer at EPOCH TIMES and a subject matter expert on the Middle East. 

Karys Rhea is a producer of “American Thought Leaders” and a fellow with The Jewish Leadership Project. She is also a recording artist on Baste Records, a delegate for One Jewish State, a Rising Leader at the Global Liberty Institute, and a “helper” with the Middle East Forum.

A subject matter expert on Israel and antisemitism and a general commentator on cultural and political issues, she has appeared on Newsmax, One America News, Real America’s Voice, NTD News, Epoch TV, and a variety of podcasts.

Her articles can be found in Commentary, Tablet, NY Daily News, Newsweek, The Federalist, Washington Examiner, and more. She has a BA from NYU in broadcast journalism and an MA in counter terrorism and homeland security from Reichman University in Israel. A former life found her touring the world as a drummer and songwriter before becoming disillusioned with the political and cultural arrogance of the music industry.

She continues to release music in her spare time, in addition to publishing absurdist flash fiction.

You can find her on X @rheakarys

WATCH: Two amazing Jewish women who are shaking up the Democrat Party!

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THE AMAZING LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO CONTACT, EDUCATE, AND MOBILIZE MILLIONS OF “DIS-ENGAGED” CHRISTIAN VOTERS

Pastor Hamrick: ‘Get Over Looking for the Most Perfect Person’ and ‘Vote for the Better Choice’

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The phrase “separation of church and state” is widely misunderstood. Often, it’s raised as an argument against Christians who engage in politics. Yet, the separation of church and state is nowhere in the U.S. Constitution nor any founding documents. Rather, it can be found in a personal letter penned by Thomas Jefferson in 1802 to the Danbury Baptist Association. In the name of religious freedom, Jefferson wrote not that the church should stay out of government affairs, but that government affairs have no place interfering with the church.

In his 2024 election sermon, Cornerstone Chapel Senior Pastor Gary Hamrick explained how in our country’s history, “[T]he church has always played … a critical role in speaking out about faith and politics and how faith should shape our politics.” Over time, he acknowledged, “Jefferson’s phrase [concerning the] separation of church and state … letter has been used to remove God from the public square and to remove church from government influence.” Rather than protecting our First Amendment rights, those in opposition have sought to intimidate “a lot of pastors from addressing things that are referred to as political in the pulpit.”

But as believers, we can’t afford to allow these tactics to push us back into the shadows of fear. Consider Jesus’s words from Matthew 5:13-16:

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”

Our Lord could not have been clearer: we are meant to be seen, and we are meant to have an impact. That’s what it means to be salt and light. Some Christians believe this truth, except when it comes to politics. In light of this, Hamrick half-joked, “Please save the emails accusing me of being political.” Because in all seriousness, “I’m not being political.” What the pastor went on to contend is the very truth all believers need to engrain into their minds: to discuss policy and government affairs is not to “be political.” It is simply a matter of biblical obedience.

According to Hamrick, Christians have to understand “that the culture has hijacked the narrative on social and moral issues” in order to gloss over the fact “that the Bible has already addressed” them all. “[T]he culture has twisted … distorted and perverted those social and moral issues into political issues” to deter people of faith from speaking out about them. And to this, the pastor underscored, “I have news for our culture: God had a say on all these subjects long before there was even a word ‘political.’”

He continued, “God had the first word long before anybody. And so, it’s important to understand we’re just talking about the biblical issues, and we’re looking at what is happening in our culture, and especially on the presidential election level” to be salt and light through our voting and other political engagement. “[I]f Christians would come together and vote their values,” Hamrick stated, “we could change America.”

As Hamrick made clear, the church needs to “be equipped to know who to vote for or who not to vote for, based on whether that candidate’s policies more closely align with biblical values.” In doing so, believers are not to “look to a person to save us,” because “our faith is not in a political hero.” Instead, we reflect on the reality that “our faith is in the Savior,” Jesus Christ, and “He is our only hope for America.” Hamrick went on to emphasize that “we have a moral obligation to represent Christ as ambassadors, and one way to do this is through politics.

“[B]y political engagement,” he added, “I mean advocating for policies that promote righteousness, voting for candidates who most closely represent our biblical values, praying for our elected leaders and holding them accountable, and even running for elected office” if God calls one to do so. Because ultimately, “if Christians do not stay politically engaged … what will fill the vacuum” other than “every evil demonic practice”?

Hamrick said it well when he observed that while “good government cannot save us,” bad government can certainly harm us. With the upcoming election in mind, he then posed the question: “What can we do to advance the kingdom of God for the glory of God, and to stem the tide of evil in our land until Jesus comes?” Considering this question, there’s one crucial thought to keep in mind during a time of political mayhem: there will never be a perfect candidate on the ballot. Even so, “God uses flawed, sinful people.”

According to Hamrick, his major concern is not that Christians don’t want to do the right thing and use their vote, but that they won’t vote for any “candidate who doesn’t have the total package.” This mindset, he went on to explain, is dangerous.

“I understand elections are serious things with serious consequences,” he said. And yet, “what other decisions do you make in your life that must meet 100% of the criteria?” What other decisions do we choose to only move forward with if they meet 100% of what we want? The truth is, if we’re to probe this question, most of us will find that we “don’t make a decision based on 100%. … Nothing is 100% based on certain criteria.”

Consider your spouse, job, church, house, or school. Do any of these areas meet every single one of your expectations? Would you consider any of them to be absolutely 100% perfect? For the vast majority, chances are the answer is no. And that’s because, as the pastor contended, there is “no perfect spouse. There’s no perfect church. There’s no perfect child. There’s no perfect job. There’s no perfect neighborhood. And … there is no perfect candidate.” Jesus Christ is the only Being who is perfect. And if we want to make progress in advancing the gospel in all areas of this life, we have to “get over looking for the most perfect person” and start voting “for the better choice.”

To hammer this point home, Hamrick took time to emphasize the many examples of imperfect leaders Scripture has to offer. For instance, “David was a righteous leader” and “a man after God’s own heart. But he committed adultery.” Yet, God still used him. Hezekiah, another righteous king, “had terrible foreign policy that also incurred the wrath of God as a national judgment.” Yet, God still used him. And Samson, who’s mentioned in the Hebrews 11 Hall of Faith, had “a weakness for women.” Yet, God still used him.

“I’m not making excuses for their bad behavior or their sin,” Hamrick clarified. “They all paid consequences for their sin.” But “my point is that God uses flawed people to promote good policies for a nation. You see it all through the Bible.” This is also true of the way God uses the unrighteous, such as King Nebuchadnezzar, to “put it on their hearts to do righteous things for Israel and for the Jewish people.” In the Bible, God used “unrighteous kings” to establish policies “that promoted good for the benefit of the nation,” and He can do the same today.

“Please stop looking at the person and look at their policies,” Hamrick pleaded. Because, looking at it in black and white, the choice can become easier. “On a personal level,” he noted, “I’d rather have a mean orange man who gave us three Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe v. Wade than a joyful hen who believes in killing babies in the ninth month.” Ultimately, “[W]e have to stop focusing on who’s a good candidate, because Jesus said in Luke 18:19, ‘No one is good except God.’” If we take this at face value, then we can finally understand “there is no good candidate.” But God being God means He can use anyone “to accomplish His good purposes.”

So, as we move closer to the election, Hamrick suggested we consider these seven top issues as we determine who is the better candidate: judicial nominees, border security, Israel, religious liberty, biological sex, family, and life. All these topics, and more, have already been addressed within the pages of Scripture. And as we analyze them, the pastor urged us to remember that voting is “not just a right and a privilege. It’s a duty.” Silence is simply not an option.

Consider the fact that “God entrusts a lot to us,” Hamrick emphasized. “[O]ne of the things He has entrusted to us is the wonderful privilege as Americans of living in the greatest and freest country in the world. … He’s entrusted this freedom to us.” And so, we have to ask, “[W]hat are we going to do with what He’s entrusted to us? … Because if we do nothing, if we check out, if we remain silent, evil will rush into the vacuum.”

Even this pastor, as passionate as his sermon was, noted that, concerning this upcoming election, he’s “not an enthusiastic voter.” Yet he asserted nonetheless, “I’m going to vote.”

He referenced the words of Frederick Douglass, who said, “I will unite with anyone to do right and no one to do wrong.” And even in these times, there are numerous groups and people Christians can fight alongside to do what is right. With this, Hamrick concluded: “Until Jesus comes, get out there [and] vote. Be His ambassadors. Be salt and light in this world and advance the kingdom of God for the glory of God to stem the tide of evil in our land until Jesus comes. Let your voices be heard. Let your votes be counted, and let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered.”

AUTHOR

Sarah Holliday

Sarah Holliday is a reporter at The Washington Stand.

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Hamas Admits Murdering Hostages, Releases Video of Them, Threatens to Post Their Last Messages Before They Executed Them

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No words. And to those who support these monsters, there is a special place in hell.

Hamas admits to killing hostages, releases video of slain hostage Eden Yerushalmi

Hamas has issued new instructions to guards on handling hostages if Israeli troops approach hostage holding sites.

By: Jerusalem Post, September 2, 2024:

The spokesperson for Hamas’ armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaida, said on Monday that the Palestinian group had issued new instructions to guards on handling hostages if Israeli troops approach hostage-holding sites, reiterating blame on Israel for the deaths of hostages.

“Netanyahu and the occupation army alone bear full responsibility for the deaths of the prisoners. They deliberately obstructed any prisoner exchange deal for their own narrow interests, and furthermore, intentionally killed dozens of prisoners through direct airstrikes,” Abu Obaida said in a message on Telegram.

“Let it be clear to everyone that, following the incident in Nuseirat, new instructions have been issued to the Mujahideen tasked with guarding the prisoners. These instructions outline how to handle the situation if the occupation army approaches the location where the prisoners are being held,” he added.

After the announcement, Hamas published a video which began with the similar message and then continued to a recorded message of slain hostage Eden Yerushalmi before her death. In the video, she gave a message directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At this time, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum has not cleared the video for public viewing.
Rescued, escaped, died

The Nuseirat incident refers to Operation Arnon, in which four hostages were rescued from the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, which led to the deaths of at least 100 people, according to IDF estimates, and nearly 300, according to Hamas estimates. The operation also led to the death of Arnon Zamora, for whom the operation was posthumously renamed.

The rescued hostages were Noa Argamani, 26; Andrey Kozlov, 27; Almog Meir Jan, 21; and Shlomi Ziv, 40.

The announcement came a day after the IDF recovered the bodies of six slain Israeli hostages from Gaza: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino.

All six had been killed by Hamas at least a day before their rescue, having been found dead in the tunnels under Gaza.

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Pamela Geller

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