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UJM and HaKatan and the entire Neturei Karta
are De Facto allies of Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran,
whether they realize or not,
and whether they admit it or not.I have already explained why this is true many times,
right here in this Coffee Room,
and I will not waste my time by explaining it again.After 120 years, their status as ALLIES of the genocidal terrorist
bloodthirsty enemies of the Jewish People will be held against them,
and they will be in very big trouble,
even will all their piety and Talmudic scholarship.Additionally, UJM and HaKatan and the entire Neturei Karta
are guilty of promoting a provably-false version of
Jewish History, in which anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish
persecutions never really existed, until “THE ZIONISTS” appeared.Repeatedly promoting this provably-false version of Jewish History
will cause them to be included in the category of liars,
which the Talmud teaches will be punished in Olam HaBa,This provably-false version of Jewish History, in which anti-Semitism and
anti-Jewish persecutions never really existed, until “THE ZIONISTS” appeared,
was invented by people who did NOT KNOW the history of Jews in Arab lands
and did NOT KNOW the history of Islam, did not know the history of the
Middle East, did NOT KNOW much about Jewish History in general,
because their ancestors did NOT live in Muslim lands,
and because they believed in studying ONLY Talmud and nothing else,
and because they believed that studying Jewish History
is Bittul Torah, which is a sinful waste of time.If I remember correctly, Rabbi Avrahom Yitzchok HaKohen Cook [ZTL & ZYA]
famously taught that:“Since the Beth HaMikdash was destroyed by Sinat Chinam,
the Beth HaMikdash can only be rebuilt by Ahavat Chinam,”
(Or something very similar to that.)Please forgive me for not providing an exact source for this very important quote.
If I remember correctly, Rabbi Avrahom Yitzchok HaKohen Cook [ZTL & ZYA]
famously taught that:“Since the Beth HaMikdash was destroyed by Sinat Chinam,
the Beth HaMikdash can only be rebuilt by Ahavat Chinam,”
(Or something very similar to that.)Please forgive me for not providing an exact source for this very important quote.
“He [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] never tired of telling
his students that that Eretz Yisrael is the natural place for every Jew.Only there can a Jew flourish to his maximum potential.
A Jew’s life outside of Eretz Yisrael inevitably has a truncated,
unnatural quality. He is like a polar bear removed from
his Arctic habitat and placed in the Bronx Zoo.”“Any Jew who does not at least dream of going up to Eretz Yisrael,
he said, is surely lacking something in his Yiddishkeit.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 25, page 322) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965========================
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.
His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”
He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.“On Friday, November 29, 1947, the United Nations debated
the issue of partitioning the British Mandate for [British]
Palestine into two countries, one Arab and on Jewish.Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz] prayed fervently for partition.
He had no radio in his house, but that Friday he borrowed
one and set it to the news, leaving it on for Shabbos.He waited with such tense anticipation to hear the outcome of
the U. N. [United Nations] vote that he did not come to shalosh seudos.When he heard the U. N.’s decision to establish a Jewish state,
he stood up and recited the blessing HaTov VeHaMeitiv,
Who is good and Who does good.Without losing sight of the anti-religious nature of the leaders
of the yishuv in Eretz Yisrael, he nevertheless saw the creation
of a Jewish state an act of Providence and as a cause for rejoicing.At the very least, there would now be one country in the world
whose gates would be open to the thousands of Holocaust survivors
still languishing in Displaced Persons Camps in Germany and Austria.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 331) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965“And he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] expressed
amazement that anyone who considered himself
a good Jew could possibly go seven days without
thinking of some way in which he could improve
the lot of settlers in Eretz Yisrael or otherwise improve the Land.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 25, page 322) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965After hearing a well-known Rabbi give a fiery
derashah against the secular Jews in Eretz Yisrael,
Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz] expressed his
displeasure with the tone of the speech.“True, is it hard for us to reach the ahavas Yisrael
of Reb Yitzchak Levi of Berditchev,” he said,
“but we are commanded to keep far away
from hatred of our fellow Jews.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 16, page 229) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965Once full-scale war broke out after the State of Israel declared
its existence on May 14, 1948 [CE] Reb Shraga Feivel’s [Mendlowitz]
thoughts were never far from Eretz Yisrael.A group of students saw him outside the Mesivta building
one day, talking excitedly with Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr
and gesticulating rapidly with the newspaper held in his hand.“If I were your age,” he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] told the students,
“I would take a gun and go to Eretz Yisrael.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 338) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965===============================
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.
His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”
He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.In a conversation with the Satmar Rav, shortly after his talk
on the U.N. declaration, Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz]
was subjected to the sharpest criticism for his “Zionist leanings.”Later he told his family,
“I could have answered him [the Satmar Rav]
Chazal for Chazal, Midrash for Midrash,
but I did not want to incur his wrath,
for he is a great man and a tzaddik.”He added with a twinkle, “And besides, he has a fiery temper”…
SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 335 to 336) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965“… he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] also explained why
the secular Zionists might have been chosen to play
such a fateful role in the history of the Jewish people.In every Jew, he explained, there is a spark of kedushah (holiness)
– dos pintele Yid – which is his inheritance from the Avos [Patriarchs].
Every Jew is both an individual and as part of the collective body of Israel.
As long as he does not sever his bonds to the nation,
that little spark is not extinguished, no matter how numerous his sins.Divine Providence might have arranged that the secular Zionists
play a major role in the redemption of Eretz Yisrael precisely
in order to maintain their connection to Klal Yisrael.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 335) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965“He [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz] once said that
even though Eretz Yisrael is controlled by non-religious
and anti-religious Jews, one must still admit the good
that HaKadosh Baruch Hu had done, in causing the gates
to the Land to be open once again to Jewish immigration.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 26, page 331, footnote 4,
heard from Rabbi Yehoshua Schiff) by Yonoson Rosenblum for Artscroll / Mesorah,
year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965Hearing his criticisms of Zionism, someone once told him
[Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz],
“I too hate the Zionists. They should be cursed.”“Chas v’chalilah (Heaven forbid)!”
Reb Shraga Feivel [Mendlowitz] interjected.
“To the contrary: They should be blessed, along with
all those who are building up our Holy Land.
I only pray that they observe mitzvos.
But chalilah to curse or hate them.
They are tinokos shenish’bu (people who never
received a Jewish education and so were led astray).”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz,
the architect of Torah in America (chapter 16, page 228) by Yonoson Rosenblum
for Artscroll / Mesorah, year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965========================
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.
His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”
He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.In the 1980s and 1990s, Bill and Hillary Clinton were known as
two of the most scandal-plagued politicians in the entire history
of the United States of America. By an amazing series of
co-incidences, dozens of people who knew the secrets of
the Clintons committed suicide (or what APPEARED to be suicide).Bill Clinton was known as “The Scofflaw President”.
Just in case you do not remember, a scofflaw is
a person who is constantly violating The Law.Because we live an upside-down world, and also
because Americans have very short memories,
Bill and Hillary Clinton are now considered to be the
highly-respected elder statesmen of the Democratic Party.
Even worse, Hillary Clinton nearly became President!Since Bill and Hillary Clinton were suspected in many dozens
of scandals and crimes, and never spent even one day in jail,
they are certainly the perfect people to
serve as mentors to the corrupt Democratic Party.Regardless of what their faults were, Bill and Hillary Clinton
can at least claim, honestly, that they never hated America.
That makes them better Barack and Michelle Obama,
who do hate America.The members of “The Squad” (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, etc) hate America and its allies
(especially Israel) even more than the Obamas ever did.Would you consider sending this bachur to a Baal Teshuvah yeshivah?
Ex-CTLawyer, I am very happy to hear about the wise practices of your new shul.
This short article recently appeared on www (dot) matzav (dot) com:
“In a new letter, Rav Avrohom Schorr, the Rov of Khal Nezer Gedalyahu in Flatbush,
expressed deep dismay over the increasing extravagance observed at
Friday Toameha gatherings and at Kiddushim on Shabbos,
particularly highlighting the excessive drinking of alcohol
and the lavish spending associated with these events.The letter, penned on Erev Shabbos Nachamu to members of his bais medrash,
serves as a clarion call for a return to the core values of simplicity and modesty.Rav Schorr pointed out that the opulence of these events,
especially the overindulgence in alcohol,
not only shifts the focus from the spiritual and communal aspects of Shabbos
but also exacerbates financial pressures on families.
In light of the current economic challenges faced by many,
he emphasized that such overspending is particularly egregious.Moreover, Rav Schorr noted that Toameha gatherings do not have any halachic significance.”
Jack Addes made this comment:
“Yeshivos can’t meet payroll obligations at the same time
that we’re making these lavish enjoyment times.
Rich people are allowed to spend their money as they wish,
but when their children’s mosdos are behind in paying
their children’s moros and rebbees,
this might be the time for introspection and recalibration.”Anonymous made this comment:
Especially when it has led to destructive behavior such as
driving drunk and killing people (for anyone who is paying attention)
just amazing how we mask idiotic behavior by giving it a name
that makes it sound like a mitzva; all you have to do
is check their overall attitude towards Mitzvos that don’t “taste good”SOURCE: article titled:
“Rav Avrohom Schorr Calls Out Excessiveness
at Kiddushim and Toameha Gatherings”
from 2024 August 17 www (dot) matzav (dot) comMitchell Bard said this:
“For many Jews, the platform [of the Democratic Party] represents
a continuation of a disastrous policy towards Iran. It incredulously
calls for a return to diplomacy and a renewal of the nuclear agreement,
and falsely says the agreement stopped Iran’s pursuit of nuclear capability.The Democrats pledge to work with “the Lebanese people to
promote political and economic reform, financial stability and security.”
No mention is made of how that could be done without
eliminating the influence of Iran and the presence of Hezbollah.Democrats say Jerusalem “should remain the capital of Israel,
an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths,”
but is still “a matter for final status negotiations.”
What is there to negotiate if they recognize the reality on the ground?“The platform reflects the Democrats’ inability to unequivocally
fight antisemitism, declaring opposition delegitimizing Israel and,
specifically, the BDS movement, but insisting it must be done
while protecting free speech. This non-existent dilemma has enabled
antisemites and many Democrats to sabotage anti-boycott legislation.”They [the Democratic Party] also can’t bring themselves to unequivocally
condemn antisemitism, falling back on the now all-too-common
conflation of the persecution of Jews with racism, misogyny,
anti-Muslim bigotry, white supremacy, sexism, homophobia
and discrimination towards religious minorities, people with
disabilities, Native Americans, “and all who have been discriminated
against in too many ways and for too many generations.”SOURCE: article titled: “The Democrats’ Problematic Platform”
by Mitchell Bard, 2024 July 24, www (dot) JNS (dot) orgMitchell Bard is a foreign-policy analyst and an authority on U.S.-Israel
relations who has written and edited 22 books, including:
The Arab Lobby, Death to the Infidels: Radical Islam’s War Against
the Jews and After Anatevka: Tevye in Palestine.Many people who fly on El Al are secular Jews.
Many people who fly on El Al are non-Jews.You might want to consider that,
before you formulate policies for El Al airlines.Caroline Glick said:
Last month the revolutionaries and the administration
converged before the cameras at meeting between
Vice President Kamala Harris and students
at George Mason University in Virginia.A female student with the voice of a child used her
audience with Harris as an opportunity to promote
the revolution’s vicious hatred of Jews, and of America.She sniffed emotionally under her mask and told
America’s second highest elected official that her feelings
were hurt when Congress passed a bill for supplemental
funding to Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system.The move, she yowled,
“hurts my heart because it’s an ethnic genocide
and a displacement of people,
the same that happened in America,
and I’m sure you’re aware of this.”[Kamala] Harris might have been expected to call
the student out for promoting anti-Semitic and
anti-American blood libels. But she didn’t.
Instead, Harris empowered the young bigot.She said she was “glad” the student shared her views.
“This is about the fact that your voice, your perspective,
your experience, your truth,
should not be suppressed and it must be heard, right?
And one of the things we’re fighting for in a democracy, right?”SOURCE: article titled: “Revolution Has Come to America”
by Caroline Glick 10/08/2021, www (dot) Caroline Glick (dot) com,
originally published in Israel HaYomKristine Parks of Fox News recently said this:
“Michael Rapaport [a Jewish actor and comedian], a staunch critic
of former President Trump, admitted he was previously
‘ill-informed’ about Trump’s record on Israel, the economy.”Liberal actor and comedian Michael Rapaport announced that
he couldn’t vote for Vice President Harris in the November election
and that the Democratic Party’s treatment of Israel
had made him reconsider supporting former President Trump.“I’m now a one-issue voter: my money and Israel,” he told
former ESPN broadcaster Sage Steele on the July 31 “The Sage Steele Podcast.”
“I’m not voting for Kamala Harris. I can’t do it,” he continued.
“I can’t support a party that is about all this bulls—.”Rapaport has increasingly called out his own political party
for its stance on Israel. In May, he announced President Biden
had also lost his support in the upcoming election,
and he was considering voting for Trump.The actor went even further on Steele’s podcast.
“I was wrong,” he said about his past criticism of Trump.
“I was first in line talking s— about Trump.”While Rapaport said he still finds Trump’s rhetoric and
behavior unpresidential, he admitted he was previously
“ill-informed” about Trump’s record on Israel, Iran and the economy.Rapaport stopped short of saying he was going to
vote for the GOP candidate in the election
but said the option was still on the table.”At the end of the day, I want my interest rates down…
and Israel needs to be protected more than ever right now,”
he said about his two voting priorities.Rapaport also called out progressives who protested
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month
when he gave an address to Congress.“While there’s eight American hostages in Gaza, they didn’t show up,
proudly. Bernie and the burnouts, the Squad,
all these race-hustling con artists,” he blasted.
“They weaponize it to a point that it’s dangerous.”“I don’t care what you think of [Netanyahu],” he continued.
“Israel is America’s biggest ally, while we’re under siege,
not just from Hamas…but also proxies from Iran. This isn’t just about Israel.”Rapaport also slammed Hollywood and the sports world
for not speaking out on October 7 and demanding
the hostages be brought home calling the silence “embarrassing.”“We speak out about everything. It could be climate change,
it could be women’s rights, it could be abortion rights, LGBTQ
—we say stuff about everything,” he said.”
The silence has been madly deafening,” he continued.Back in May, Rapaport said that a comedy show of his,
set to take place in Madison, Wisconsin, was canceled
due to threats of violence in the wake of his support for Israel.“I was extremely p—ed off,” Rapaport stated at the time.
“I didn’t imagine, didn’t think that it would get to a point
where my beliefs and me standing up for what I know is right,
regarding Jews, regarding Israel, regarding being Jewish
and just the right thing, would get to a point where a club
would cancel my show because they are afraid of an incident happening.”The venue, Comedy on State, reportedly explained to ticket holders
in an email that the show was canceled due to safety concerns
stemming from “escalating protests” and the
“contentious nature of the dialogue” surrounding the conflict in Gaza.SOURCE: article titled: “Media Comic Michael Rapaport says
Harris lost his vote over Israel: ‘Can’t support party that is for this bulls—‘”
by Kristine Parks, Fox News, 2024 August 1If there is going to be a new button to report Lashon HaRa,
then there should also be a 2nd button to report laitzanus,
a 3rd button to report Nivul Pen,
a 4th button to report Onaas Devarim,
a 5th button to report sheker,
and a 6th button to report Cefirah.matzav (dot) com recently said this:
Senator Tom Cotton strongly criticized Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, labeling her as both “naive” about Tehran and lenient toward Hamas. The Republican senator from Arkansas, speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” condemned the Democrat presidential candidate’s stance on Israel following the October 7 attack by Hamas, which resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,200 Israelis and the abduction of around 250 others to Gaza. Cotton argued that Harris’s actions reveal her lack of readiness to lead the nation as commander in chief.
Cotton, who is a member of the Senate Intelligence, Armed Services, and Judiciary Committees, accused Harris of blindly accepting Hamas’ reports regarding the number of casualties in Gaza, despite these figures being provided by the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between fighters and civilians.
He stated that “Israel has to strike on occasion at places like hospitals and schools, because Hamas uses them for command and control or to fire mortars and rockets. There are civilian casualties in Gaza, no doubt, but those are solely the responsibility of Hamas, not Israel.”
Despite acknowledging the complexity of the situation, Cotton criticized Harris and President Joe Biden for exerting more pressure on Israel than on Hamas from the onset of the conflict.
He also reproached [Kamala] Harris for not fulfilling her constitutional role as president of the Senate by avoiding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent address to Congress, which was attended by 128 Democrat members of Congress.
“She refused to preside over the joint session, her only constitutional duty as president of the Senate, she refused to have a meeting in public with [Netanyahu, although she did meet with him in private], and she came out and again blamed Israel for the civilian casualties in Gaza, only emboldening Iran and Iranian-backed terrorists,”
Cotton remarked. “And what did you have two days later?
Hezbollah, another Iranian-backed terrorist [organization] shot rockets to Israel and blew up children playing ball at a playground.”Reiterating his criticism, Cotton declared that “Kamala Harris is naive, and she’s not prepared to be the commander in chief.”
While acknowledging that [Kamala] Harris had affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself, Cotton argued that she undermined this position by immediately adding conditions. “
And what comes after the ‘but’ with Kamala Harris is always implying that Israel is responsible for all the civilian suffering in Gaza, not Hamas, that Israel is the one being provocative when it’s waging a defensive war after the October 7 [2023] atrocity and that Israel is the one that should pull in its horns, as opposed to supporting Israel and standing strong against Iran and Iranian-backed terrorist throughout the region,” Cotton concluded.
SOURCE: article titled: “Senator Cotton: Harris ‘Naive’ on Iran,
Not Tough on Hamas” 2024 August 12, www (dot) matzav (dot) comHow quickly we Jews forget that President Donald Trump
was not merely pro-Israel; he was THE MOST
pro-Israel USA President of all time.How quickly we Jews forget that President Donald Trump
was not merely pro-Jewish; he was THE MOST
pro-Jewish USA President of all time.As USA President, Donald Trump was more pro-Israel
and more pro-Jewish than the majority of USA Jews!In the next USA Presential election, THE MOST pro-Israel
USA President of all time, Donald Trump, will compete against
a person who wants to become the MOST anti-Israel President
OF ALL TIME, Kamala Harris.Given that the MOST pro-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME is
competing against the MOST anti-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME,
you might think that American Jews would ALL vote for
the MOST pro-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME, and reject
the MOST anti-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME.But no! No! No! No! A thousand times NO!
That would be too logical!! That would make too much sense!!American Jews have become very distracted by countless other issues,
many of them of minor importance or even totally irrelevant.Because of these numerous distractions, and the confusion they create,
a large percentage of American Jews will vote for
the MOST anti-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME, and reject
the MOST pro-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME.This a super-massive mistake, especially when Israel
is under intense attack, not only militarily, but also from:
the international news media, the International Criminal Court,
and as always, the United Nations Organization, and many others.maskildoresh said:
“Participant There is only one thing that Trump cares about and that is Trump.
That is the key to understand everything he says and does.”==============================================
MY RESPONSE:
Even if what you said is 100% true, how does that make Donald Trump
any different than: Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama,
Chuck Schumer, and all the elected officials of the Democratic Party?Even if what you said is 100% true, how does that make Donald Trump
any different than the CEOs of America’s corporations and landlords?Even if what you said is 100% true, how does that make Donald Trump
any different than the average American?Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Teaneck and Modiin said:
“Sinat Chinam is hatred that is self-destructive,
a hatred in which the hater is so passionate and
irrational in his hatred that he does not care
if he himself is destroyed by that hatred.That was the hatred of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza
in the Gemara’s woeful tale, in which Bar Kamtza
preferred to inform on his own people –
and bring out his and his nation’s ruin –
rather than endure a petty personal humiliation.”SOURCE: article titled: “Hatred – Baseless and Otherwise”,
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, 2021 June 30, www dot RabbiPruzansky dot comUJM, I never heard that before, but it could still be true.
UJM, If you want us to accept what you just said,
then you must give us the exact source where it is located.Until then, you might be interested in reading these two
definitions of Sinat Chinam, that I researched a long time ago:==========================================
Tehillim, chapter 69, verse 5:
“Greater than the numbers of hairs on my head,
are those who hate me without cause…”Metsudath David on this verse explains:
people hated him [David], even though he never harmed any of them.If I read this Metsudath David correctly, he seems to imply that
the definition of Sinat Chinam is hating someone who never harmed you.==========================================
Rabbi Binny Freedman said:
The Talmud tells us that the second Temple was destroyed
through blind, wanton hatred, or sinat chinam. It is difficult
to understand how any hatred can ever be chinam,
which seems to mean “for no reason at all.”The Netziv suggests that this wanton hatred refers to
disliking or even detesting someone because their views are different.SOURCE: article titled: “Jewish people have a different set of priorities”
by Rabbi Binny Freedman, 2022 July 13, www (dot) TheJewishStar (dot) com==========================================
If anyone has more definitions of Sinat Chinam,
with exact sources, then we are all eager to read them.modern said:
“Republicans have nominated two Ivy League educated rich guys.
One inherited a fortune the other was a hedge fund manager in California.
Democrats have nominated two people from more modest backgrounds
whose education was at more modest institutions.
One was a prosecutor the other was a teacher and football coach.”MY RESPONSE:
What you said is NOT relevant, even if it is 100% true.
This is relevant:
Donald Trump was the MOST pro-Israel and MOST pro-Jewish President, OF ALL TIME.
Kamala Harris, if elected, will be the MOST anti-Israel and MOST anti-Jewish President, OF ALL TIME.
Those two fact are relevant. Everything else is NOT RELEVANT.
If American Jews want to survive and prosper, they must accept this before they vote.
Otherwise, the future of American Jews does not include prosperity, or even survival.The Democrats want to impoverish American Jews by taking away
ALL of our real estate, stocks, bonds, and bank accounts,
so all of those things can be given to Politically Correct minorities,
like: Blacks, Hispanics, gays, lesbians, transgenders, and Muslims.How quickly we Jews forget that President Donald Trump
was not merely pro-Israel; he was THE MOST
pro-Israel USA President of all time.How quickly we Jews forget that President Donald Trump
was not merely pro-Jewish; he was THE MOST
pro-Jewish USA President of all time.As USA President, Donald Trump was more pro-Israel
and more pro-Jewish than the majority of USA Jews!In the next USA Presential election, THE MOST pro-Israel
USA President of all time, Donald Trump, will compete against
a person who wants to become the MOST anti-Israel President
OF ALL TIME, Kamala Harris.Given that the MOST pro-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME is
competing against the MOST anti-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME,
you might think that American Jews would ALL vote for
the MOST pro-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME, and reject
the MOST anti-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME.But no! No! No! No! A thousand times NO!
That would be too logical!! That would male too much sense!!American Jews have become very distracted by countless other issues,
many of them of minor importance or even totally irrelevant.Because of these numerous distractions, and the confusion they create,
a large percentage of American Jews will vote for
the MOST anti-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME, and reject
the MOST pro-Israel candidate OF ALL TIME.This a super-massive mistake, especially when Israel
is under intense attack, not only militarily, but also from:
the international news media, the International Criminal Court,
and as always, the United Nations Organization, and many others.Michael Goodwin of The New York Post said:
The grumbling that Kamala Harris is avoiding reporters like the plague
led to a headline on Fox News that demanded:
“Liberal media minions need to do their jobs.”Ah, but they are doing their jobs. Their assignment, as they see it,
is to stop Donald Trump from becoming president and no effort is being spared.If they had another goal, they would be furious as Harris
ignores them and their questions. But meekly accepting
her cold shoulder is all part of a dishonest day’s work.They will do whatever it takes to elect her.
All of which means Trump shouldn’t hold his breath waiting
for Harris to be exposed during a tough round of interviews.He may be right, as he said Thursday, that “she can’t do a news conference.”
He said that during a long question-and-answer session he held to draw a contrast with her.But he, too, misses the larger point: Harris could do an endless loop
of interviews and press conferences and it probably wouldn’t matter.She’ll choose friendly outlets where Democrats with
press passes will throw her big juicy softballs.
If she swings wildly and misses, they’ll declare it a home run.If she dishes up one of her zany word salads, she will
be deemed a genius beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals.
And her annoying cackle will be proclaimed endearing.FIXED ON THE PRIZE
America is experiencing a remarkable series of events,
featuring the shooting of the Republican candidate
by a would-be assassin and the pressured removal
of the Democratic president from his reelection campaign,
yet the media hasn’t blinked.They remain fixed on the prize of making certain
Trump doesn’t get back to the Oval Office.The mission includes turning away from the attempt to assassinate him.
You don’t have to be a historian to marvel at how little interest there is
about the background and motivation of the 20-year-old shooter, Thomas Crooks.Nor is there much detail about an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump
that, we recently learned, had been broken up by the FBI
just the day before the Pennsylvania shooting.Crooks reportedly had three foreign email accounts
but we are assured by anonymous “official” sources
speaking to leftist outlets there is no connection between the two plots.PBS, a reliable indicator of the radical mindset, put it this way:
“US officials acknowledged last month that a threat on
Donald Trump’s life from Iran prompted additional security
in the days before a Pennsylvania rally in which
Trump was injured by a gunman’s bullet.
That July 13 shooting, carried out by a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man,
was unrelated to the Iran threat . . . a law enforcement official said.”So there was “additional security” in Pennsylvania,
but still Crooks was able to fire at Trump
from an open rooftop just 130 yards away?This, of course, is the same Secret Service that dropped
its probe into a bag of cocaine found at the Biden White House
because it couldn’t find the perp in two weeks.
The Keystone Kops were more diligent.If the assassination plots involved Biden or any Democrat,
the media would treat them as earth-shattering stories.Every rumor, speculation and tidbit of information would be
blasted out in breathtaking fashion about a national security crisis.UNFAIR PLAY
Republicans would be lashed with harsh denunciations
about overheated political rhetoric and accused of sparking violence.But when Dems and the media repeatedly declare Trump
a threat to democracy and then he narrowly avoids death,
and when a foreign power also assigns an agent to kill him,
the page is quickly turned.There is no outrage toward Iran, nor does the media express
any curiosity about why Iran wants to kill Trump but not Biden.The reason is obvious, but to spell it out
would be to expose Biden’s appeasement policies.
Recall that Trump droned Iran’s terror chief and put tough sanctions
on the mullahs’ oil, while Biden lifted the sanctions and keeps trying
to bribe Iran to rejoin the failed nuclear pact that Trump scuttled.Even after Iran loosed its terror proxies on Israel and the groups
killed three American service members in Jordan,
wounded others in Iraq and took Americans hostage in Israel,
Biden pulls his punches and demands Israel do the same.Then came Friday’s reports that Iran is using fake news sites
and other online activity to interfere in the fall election.Not until the third paragraph does the AP note that
“US officials have previously hinted that Iran
particularly opposes former President Donald Trump.”A more honest way to write the same story would be
to say upfront that Iran wants to help elect Harris.
That’s how it would be written if Iran was trying to help elect Trump.Here’s another comparison: If JD Vance were accused of
“stolen valor” by his former military comrades, would
the media circle the wagons around him the way
they are protecting Tim Walz against the same charges?
The question answers itself.Sadly, even tragically, there is nothing new in the media jihad
against Trump. It started in 2016 and hasn’t stopped.The big outlets tried to drag Hillary Clinton over the finish line,
but couldn’t do it. So many newsrooms, so many tears.In 2020, they were happy to let Biden hide in his basement.
They knew then he was in decline, but believed it better
to have a decrepit Democrat in the White House than the evil Trump.During his tenure, Biden set a modern record for the fewest
press conferences and interviews. It should have been treated as a scandal,
but even as Biden ignored them, reporters ignored his cognitive decline.DIFFERENT STANDARDS
When the president scolded the press for mild criticism,
they remained loyal to his re-election.He said publicly his son Hunter Biden did nothing wrong,
and they didn’t bother to note that it was improper for a president
to comment on a case pending before his Justice Department.He let it be known he wanted Trump prosecuted and thrown in jail,
which should have been met with thunderous outrage, but instead, crickets.Actually, it wasn’t crickets. There was a very loud applause
because that’s what the media wants, too.They stuck with Biden until it was clear he would lose,
then flipped on a dime and led the charge to replace him.They didn’t know who Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and
the megadonors would replace him with — and didn’t care.Any Democrat who increased the odds of beating Trump would do.
To judge from reports about Harris’ “joyful” campaign,
many in the media are giddy that she is generating
so much enthusiasm and, according to polls, is now beating Trump.That makes it extra delusional for anyone, including him,
to believe the press will jeopardize her chances
by holding the two candidates to the same standards.If Trump is going to win, he’ll have to do it the way he did it in 2016:
despite the media.SOURCE: article titled: “The liberal media will do anything
to get Kamala Harris elected – which includes not questioning her”
by Michael Goodwin 2024 August 10 www (dot) NYPost (dot) comRabbi Pinchos Lipschutz of matzav (dot) com said:
“The media is in full throttle for Kamala Harris,
and the fact that she is an extreme liberal with
near-socialist leanings has been buried as the
propaganda campaign for her election bears fruit.Americans are confused and apparently easily influenced
to support a candidate who is not in their best interest.It is often stated at election time that the future of the
country is at stake, and this time it seems truer than ever.”SOURCE: article titled: When Will It End?
by Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz 2024 August 8 matzav (dot) comcommonsaychel said:
“For that matter, would it matter if the yeshiva world existed?”
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When commonsaychel said “yeshiva world”, does that mean
this web site, or does it mean real yeshivahs filled with talmidim?Once full-scale war broke out after the State of Israel
declared its existence on May 14, 1948 [CE]
Reb Shraga Feivel’s [Mendlowitz] thoughts
were never far from Eretz Yisrael.A group of students saw him outside the Mesivta building
one day, talking excitedly with Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr
and gesticulating rapidly with the newspaper held in his hand.“If I were your age,” he [Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz]
told the students, “I would take a gun and go to Eretz Yisrael.”SOURCE: Reb Shraga Feivel: the life and times of
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, the architect of Torah in America
(chapter 26, page 338) by Yonoson Rosenblum for Artscroll / Mesorah,
year 2001, based on Aharon Sorasky’s Shelucha DeRachmana,
ISBNs: 157819797X, 9781578197972, 1578197961, 9781578197965Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was the founder of Torah U’Mesorah
and became principal of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in year 1921 CE.
His career in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas lasted 25 years.
He was known as “the premier architect of Torah in American history.”
He left this world in 1948 CE at the age of 62 years.for Yserbius123:
What matters is Donald Trump’s pro-Israel and pro-Jewish policies.
His personal life is not relevant, or is much-less relevant.It is better to vote for a candidate with pro-Israel and pro-Jewish policies,
even if he is a massive philanderer, than it is to vote for a candidate with
anti-Israel and anti-Jewish policies, even if he was never a philanderer.In other words, the policies of the candidates are much more important
than their personal lives, especially their polices towards Israel and Jews.I am AMAZED by the large numbers of people who
do not understand this very simple and very important idea.If you are smart enough to get through 12 years of yeshivah,
then you should be smart enough to understand this concept.===========================================
for Always_Ask_Questions:
The Catholic Church has traditionally opposed divorce.
However, millions of individual Catholics want divorce.
In other words, millions of Catholics disagree with their church.In a recent comment dated August 4, 2024, sechel83
claimed that Rabbi Moshe Feinstein [ZTL ZYA]
“openly wrote letters encouraging everything the rebbe did”.Since Rabbi Moshe Feinstein [ZTL ZYA] died in 1986 CE,
and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson died in 1994,
this means that Rabbi Moshe Feinstein never saw
the many thousands of Chabad people who continued
to insist that their Rebbe was the Melech HaMashiach,
even after his death.We cannot know with certainty what Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
would have said about people who insist that the Chabad Rebbe
was the Melech HaMashiach, even after his death;
but given stories that I heard about him, I think he would
be very disappointed with the Meshichists and Elokists,
and he would tell Jews to not listen to them.QUESTION: “Should Jews Go on Vacation while Israel is at War?”
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If we want to discuss this question correctly,
then we must recognize 3 different categories:[1] Category 1 is those who live in Eretz Yisrael, and suffer because of the war.
[2] Category 2 is those who live in the exile [galut], but suffer from serious troubles.
[3] Category 3 is those who live in the exile [galut], in comfort and prosperity.
Which of the 3 categories does the original question refer to?
The answer for Category 1 is not the same as the answer for Category 2.
The answer for Category 2 is not the same as the answer for Category 3.Robert Spencer of Frontpage Magazine said:
The media isn’t going to tell you this. The Hamas-linked Council
on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) describes itself as
“America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization.”In that guise, and as it has championed numerous far-left causes,
it has become a respected member of the leftist establishment,
with numerous ignorant and self-serving politicians lavishing
praise on this unsavory gang in hopes of gaining Muslim votes.Among them has been, not surprisingly, Kamala Harris.
This has been known for years, but no one has cared.
Back in October 2020, the Washington Free Beacon reported that
“as California’s attorney general and then as U.S. senator,
Harris forged a relationship with the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR), one of the nation’s top anti-Israel groups
and advocates for boycotts of the Jewish state.”After the Hamas massacres of October 7, 2023, this matters more than ever.
CAIR, the Free Beacon added, “advised [Kamala] Harris on
community issues during her time in California politics,
and she later offered the group her ‘gratitude and admiration’
in a 2018 personal letter to the group.”
Specifically, “Hussam Ayloush, executive director of CAIR’s
Los Angeles office, praised Harris in 2015 for including
the group in an interfaith meeting with law enforcement officials.[Kamala] Harris, he said, ‘exemplified leadership’ by
vowing to tackle Islamophobia at a time when
the state’s Jewish institutions were facing threats.”That was bad enough, since “Islamophobia” is a propaganda
weapon designed to intimidate people that it is wrong —
somehow “bigoted” — to oppose jihad violence
and Sharia oppression of women.Even worse, long before he praised Kamala Harris,
Hussam Ayloush has repeatedly refused to denounce
Hamas and Hizballah [Hezbollah] as terrorist groups.In 2017, with Donald Trump in the White House,
Ayloush called for the overthrow of the U.S. government.Yet the following year, [Kamala] Harris wrote to CAIR:
“Please accept my gratitude and admiration
for your tireless work to promote peace,
justice, and mutual understanding.”Even that was not all. “As California’s top cop,” the Free Beacon noted,
“Harris partnered with local CAIR officials and relied on them
to advise her about community matters. In 2015, for instance,
[Kamala] Harris hosted CAIR for an interfaith community event
following a deadly terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
In 2016, as Harris ran for the Senate, CAIR’s
political action committee donated $1,750 to boost her campaign.”That may not be much in the larger scheme of things,
but imagine the outcry if Donald Trump had taken a small fraction
of that amount from a group linked to the Ku Klux Klan.Harris’ ties to CAIR take on a new urgency now that she is
a presidential candidate, and now that this self-proclaimed
“civil rights organization” is more forthright
than it used to be about where it really stands:CAIR’s cofounder and longtime executive director Nihad Awad
infamously said that he was “happy” about Hamas’
October 7 [2023] jihad massacre of 1,200 Israelis.In April 2024, Awad eulogized a Muslim Brotherhood cleric,
Sheikh Abdul-Majid al-Zindani, who had ties to al-Qaeda as well as Hamas:“The Islamic nation has lost one of its biggest emblems and men
with the passing of Sheikh Alam and worker Abdul Majeed Al-Zindani
after he dedicated his life to the service of the Quran
and the manifestation of its miracles that never cease.
He remained tall and firm in the face of challenges, tribulations,
pressure, and rankings until he met the Almighty Allah.
Our condolences to his family, Yemen, and our nation.
We ask Allah, the Merciful, the Merciful and the Forgiving,
to have mercy on him, forgive him and reward him with the best of rewards.”Al-Zindani was on the UN Security Council’s list of specially designated terrorists.
If Trump had similar ties to any of the groups that the leftist establishment
claims are made up of “right-wing extremists,” including a group that
opposes CAIR and jihad terror and got added to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s
“hate group” list for doing so, the media outcry would be shrill and intense.Trump would be hounded everywhere
until he disavowed the group and returned its donation.No one, however, is asking Harris about CAIR.
That’s because Harris, CAIR, and the media are all part of the same leftist establishment.Surely you don’t expect them to police themselves, do you?
Politicians can associate freely with groups that are on
the left’s approved list, and be secure in
the knowledge that there will be no accountability.Responsibility to the American people?
Come on, man! This ain’t 1776 anymore!SOURCE: article titled: “Kamala’s ties to a far-left,
Hamas-linked Islamic group” by Robert Spencer
of Frontpage Magazine, 2024 August 1,
found in: The Jewish Voice, www (dot) TJVnews (dot) comShabbetai Zvi only claimed to be the Melech HaMashiach.
Chabad claims that Rabbi Schneerson is:
[1] the Melech HaMashiach
[2] a navi [prophet]
[3] G*D Himself (in human form) [or G*Dliness in human form]Which is worse?
If I remember correctly, most of Shabbetai Zvi’s followers no longer believed
that he was the Melech HaMashiach after he died.Chabad claims that Rabbi Schneerson is the Melech HaMashiach,
even AFTER his death.Which is worse?
This recent article was written by Dr. Joseph Frager MD:
President Joe Biden is missed already. As bad as he was,
Vice President Kamala Harris is a hundred times worse.
One of her first official acts as nominee for president
was to make sure not to attend Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress,
even though she is the President of the Senate
and it is more than just customary for her to do so.House Speaker Mike Johnson said,
“It is outrageous to me and inexcusable that …
Kamala Harris is boycotting Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech.”Would Harris have declined to attend Winston Churchill’s
speech to Congress on December 26, 1941?Israel is America’s only real and reliable ally in the Middle East.
It was brutally and savagely attacked on October 7 [2023].It has been and continues to be bombarded by missiles from Hezbollah.
Twelve children were just killed in their latest bombing.
Iran attacked Israel with hundreds of missiles, drones and UAVs on April 13 [2024].Israelis are deeply concerned that their very existence is at stake.
Britain felt the same way during World War II.
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his address,
Biden visited Israel soon after Oct. 7 to lend support because
he was aware of the gravity of the situation. It was a war against evil.Winston Churchill devoted most of his speech to Congress
to ultimate victory over the Axis powers.
He quipped about his American-born mother,
“I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American
and my mother British, instead of the other way round,
I might have got here on my own.
In that case, this would not have been
the first time you would have heard my voice.”He went on to say, “We both of us have much to learn
in the cruel art of war. We have therefore,
without doubt, a time of tribulation before us.”Churchill was warmly received on both sides of the aisle.
He understood war and its consequences.
No one tiptoed around the evil that the Axis powers
had unleashed. No one, including the “isolationists”
who opposed U.S. involvement in the war, boycotted the event.Ironically, Netanyahu has addressed Congress four times
while Churchill did so only three times. Although Harris
might think that the situations are different, this is not an excuse.
Israel is facing a multi-front war and is preventing
that war from spreading to U.S. shores.Harris has already encouraged campus protests against Israel
by stating that “They are showing exactly what
the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza.”Her quick call for a ceasefire as early as March only hardened
the hearts of Hamas, prolonging the war. Harris’s moral equivalence
on the conflict will only make a hostage deal even more difficult.As one Israeli official said after Netanyahu and Harris met,
“When our enemies see the U.S. and Israel are aligned
it increases the chances for a hostage deal and decreases
the chances for a regional escalation. When there is such daylight
it pushes the deal further away and brings a regional escalation closer.”Thus, Harris has only made the situation worse.
SOURCE: article titled: “Kamala Harris is no Joe Biden”
by Dr. Joseph Frager MD 2024 July 28 www (dot) JNS (dot) orgThis recent short article is from www (dot) matzav (dot) com:
Elon Musk attacked Kamala Harris as an “extinctionist” in a particularly sharp X post.
The billionaire was commenting on another post penned by Donald Trump’s running mate,
Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), in which he attacked Kamala Harris for saying that
the threat of climate change has played a part in many people’s decisions
to have kids — among a number of other major life decisions.“It’s almost like these people don’t want young people starting families or something.
Really weird stuff,” Vance wrote.Musk took Vance’s criticism to another level, arguing that Harris’ acknowledgement
of so-called “climate anxiety” among young people meant
she was advocating for the “de facto holocaust for all of humanity.”SOURCE: article titled: “Elon Musk Calls Kamala Harris an ‘Extinctionist’ in X Post”
2024 July 29 www (dot) matzav (dot) comNOTE: X was formerly known as Twitter.
CommonSaychel said: “Who is Daniel Greenfield?”
MY RESPONSE:
Daniel Greenfield is a person whose many writings prove him
to be a very knowledgeable and highly intelligent person:“Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the
David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist
and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.”In contrast, many of CommonSaychel’s comments just mock people.
In Mussar books, this constant mockery in known as laitzanus,
and a person who does this often is called a letz or mocker.Laitzanus is just as bad as Nivul Peh or Lashon HaRa.
Rocky’s original comment is 100% true and valid.
Reb Eliezer said: “Trump is narcissistic, immoral and a liar.”
MY RESPONSE:
How does that make him any worse than the average American politician?
Every accusation that you made against Donald Trump is also true for:
Nancy Pelosi, Chuck “the shmuck” Schumer, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama,
Bill and Hillary Clinton, and the entire Democratic Party.Mr. Daniel Greenfield said this:
“The idea that terrorists attack because they hate freedom,
however, is misguided,” Philip Gordon wrote in “Winning the Right War.”
“Even most of the Muslims who support terrorism and trust
Osama bin Laden favor elected government” and “personal liberty.”[Philip] Gordon, [ex-President] Obama’s future Middle East coordinator,
explained in his book that Muslim terrorists weren’t “born evil” and
did not “hate our freedoms”, but rather feel “shame” over the state of
“a once great Islamic civilization” surpassed by other cultures
including “the local upstart, Israel.”America was “creating conditions” that “generate” Islamic terrorism
by detaining Al Qaeda terrorists, failing to punish American soldiers
and “justifying any Israeli military action.” Gordon urged the White House
to assure Iran that we have “no intention of using military force
against Iran or fomenting internal dissent” because
“Iran’s concerns about such issues are legitimate.”Published in 2007 by an imprint of The New York Times, [Philip] Gordon’s
book was a blueprint of the policies the Obama administration would adopt,
including blaming America and Israel, appeasing Iran and Islamists
and making Muslims feel better about themselves.
These are the building blocks of the policies that
led us to Oct. 7 and an Iranian war across the region.Today, [Philip] Gordon is Kamala’s national security adviser,
and possible future secretary of state.Gordon’s hostility toward Israel and sympathy for Islamic terrorists
is a longstanding matter. Even before joining the Biden administration,
he had co-written an article with Iran lobby figure Robert Malley,
currently under FBI investigation for mishandling classified documents,
urging Biden to reverse Trump’s possible recognition of Israel territory
and to cut political and economic support for Israel to punish it
for its diplomatic successes under the Trump administration.Recently, Gordon urged Israel to stop seeking victory against Hamas
and accept a hostage deal that would allow the Islamic terrorist group
to hang on in Gaza and free thousands of terrorists.In his book, Gordon claimed that
“though Hamas refuses to recognize Israel today,
it is not hard to imagine an eventual change in that position.”
And in 2014, he argued that a reconciliation deal
between the PLO and Hamas “isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”In 2016, Gordon, speaking on behalf of the Clinton campaign,
appeared at a conference of the National Iranian American Council
(NIAC), widely regarded as the Iran lobby, and promised that
Hillary Clinton would veto new sanctions on Iran. He was described
as assuring the Iran lobby of the “potential for collaboration with Iran.”
The New York Times even appeared to list him as a “tour guide” on its Iran trips.And Gordon is not the only terror booster on Kamala’s team.
Ilan Goldenberg, a key member of the Kerry team who played
vital roles in the Obama administration’s campaigns against Israel
and for Iran, serves as her Middle East adviser,
and would have a more prominent role in any administration.Goldenberg complained that the Trump administration had taken
Israel’s side during the Hamas border riots that served as
a prep for Oct. 7, objected that moving the embassy to Jerusalem
had not been packaged with similar concessions to the terrorists
and co-authored a paper with Hady Amr,
who acts as Biden’s point man to the terrorists.The paper proposed that “the United States, UNSCO, and Egypt
should work quietly in concert, engaging with Israel, the PA, Hamas”
to secure a “long-term ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas,
with Israel accepting that “Hamas would retain some of its military capabilities.”At one session Goldenberg urged, “You used to have 25,000,
100,000 Gazans working inside Israel. That needs to happen again.
The Israelis know who these guys are.
They can start with a few thousand work permits.
And there’s a lot of support for that in all of the Israeli communities around Gaza.”Prior to Oct. 7 [2023], Gazans flooded Israel, scouted those
“Israeli communities around Gaza” and when Oct. 7 began,
came back with maps of the communities so that they knew
where the security teams were, which houses had dogs
and where the children could be found.Gordon and Goldenberg, who are set to play major roles
in a Harris administration, have expressed no regrets or retractions
of their past policies and positions. Even as the Middle East burns
due to Iranian terrorism, all they have done is double down.In a co-written op-ed headlined, “Relax, Israel — if your ally
is working with your enemy, it doesn’t make them friends.”
Goldenberg envisioned that “In the aftermath of a successful
nuclear deal, U.S. relations with Iran should shift
from that of an adversary to that of a competitor.”His position on Israel was rather different, with op-eds like
“Why Israel’s Settlement Construction Must Be Stopped” and
“How Israel Brought U.N. Resolution on Itself With Irrational Settlement Push”.Under a Secretary of State Phil Gordon, the Abraham Accords
and normalization with countries like Saudi Arabia, which one
of his op-eds described as an “Arabian fantasy,”
would be swept aside in a return of Obama’s non-stop
pressure campaign on Israel to create a terrorist state.“How will it have peace if it is unwilling to delineate a border,
end the occupation, and allow for Palestinian sovereignty,
security, and dignity?” Gordon had said at a conference in Israel
right after terror rockets began to fall.
“It cannot maintain military control of another people indefinitely.
Doing so is not only wrong but a recipe for resentment and recurring instability.”After the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens by Hamas,
Gordon equated Israel and the terrorists, claimed that both sides
suffered from “racism,” told “both sides to demonstrate reason and calm”
and warned that “calls for retribution and revenge have no place on either side.”
Finally he falsely contended that “neither side” was
“ready to make the difficult decisions required for an agreement.”Goldenberg had similarly argued that “half the root causes are Israeli actions,
in terms of — especially just focusing on Gaza, on the blockade.
And the other half is Hamas’s choice to use violence and arm itself in response.”That false paradigm has been markedly present
in Kamala’s attacks on Israel after Oct 7 [2023].Kamala’s relentless criticism of Israel’s self-defense is a preview of things to come.
Behind her escalating rhetoric are a group of anti-Israel figures
from the Obama administration. Goldenberg was one of the radicals
brought in by the Warren campaign and then injected into
the Biden administration. Gordon is a longtime State Department
anti-Israel figure from a faction whose fingerprints
are all over the policies that empowered Iran and set the region on fire.What would Kamala’s foreign policy look like?
The presence of Gordon and Goldenberg as her close advisers
on the region shows that it would be the Obama administration on steroids.SOURCE: article titled: “Kamala’s anti-Israel advisers helped bring on Oct. 7”
by Daniel Greenfield 2024 July 29 www (dot) JNS (dot) orgAri Knobler:
No offense intended, but most of the things you mentioned,
I never heard of before, over the past 40 years.=======================================
“Yumptif” is very wrong; the correct pronunciation is Yom Tov or Yom Tob.
There is no “Peh” and no “Pheh” anywhere in Yom Tov or Yom Tob.
“Yumptif” is the pronunciation off illiterate Jews who do not read Hebrew.=======================================
If you listen to people carefully, you will eventually notice
that they pronounce difference vowels the same way,
even within the same word.If you listen to people carefully, you will eventually notice
that they pronounce the same vowels different ways,
even within the same word.UJM’s logic is the logic of a person who wants an excuse
to NOT HELP our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael.(Even before 1948, Muslims persecuted Jews for 1.400 years.)
We MUST HELP our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael!
Do not listen to the voice of the Satan, which says that
nothing unusual is happening, which falsely implies
that there is no need to help our brothers in Eretz Yisrael.This short article is from www (dot) matzav (dot) com:
During Thursday’s episode of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Harvard
Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz commented on
Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democratic presidential candidate for 2024.He stated that Harris “seemed to create a moral equivalence” and added,
“she was trying to appeal both to her left-wing, anti-Israel people and
to the pro-Israel people. You can’t do that by creating a false moral equivalence.”[Alan] Dershowitz said, “Let’s remember that people are trying to make
a moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel. Even the Vice President,
Kamala Harris, in her statement, seemed to create a moral equivalence
between the suffering of the Gazans and the people who were killed in Israel.The difference is this:
The people who are suffering in Gaza are suffering as a result of Hamas.
Hamas is using them as human shields.
Hamas is the one who is taking their food away.
Hamas is the one who is firing rockets from mosques and schools.So, there is no moral equivalence between Israel’s self-defense actions,
which are trying to minimize civilian deaths,
and Hamas’ attempts to increase civilian deaths.”SOURCE: article titled: “Dershowitz: Harris Trying to Appeal
to ‘anti-Israel’ Crowd with ‘Moral Equivalence’ Between Hamas, Israel”
2024 July 26, www (dot) matzav (dot) com