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April 16, 2020 | 9,017 Comments »

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  2. Hi, Sebastien

    Before I click on your link, I have one of my own:

    https://youtu.be/NULJCEC8IB4

    There is a back story. In 2004, the Pilgrimage Road was discovered while Israeli workment were trying to repair a sewer leak. Twenty years later, we have these marvellous excavations — which reveal, among other things, that Flavius Josephus absolutely did NOT exaggerate in his accounts (the ONLY contemporary accounts) of the Zealot Rebellion.

    I remember the outcry of the Wakf at that time, that the Jews “were trying to undermine and collapse the Muslim holy site! Now we can see what this “Muslim site” REALLY WAS — the main thoroughfare of ancient, JEWISH Jerusalem!

    2004 was also when I was going to go with my best friend to Jerusalem, to visit my distant cousin there. I lost touch with my cousin around June, then complications arouse involving people who were going to receive us. Then, as autumn approached, my wife’s father died; and while my wife was “Back East” to help out the family, my best friend died, who was going to go with me.

    The whole expedition fell apart, which was of course, disappointing. What I didn’t know at the time, was that some 99% of what I really wanted to see, had not been unearthed yet!

  6. I read several articles in today’s Israpundit, which left me aghast. The length, breadth, and depth of the evil in this country is astonishing. You encounter it no matter where you look. We as a nation must fall, but what will happen to the good people, and their families? The future of civilization is in mortal peril.

  13. EDGAR- I know. And Ben Hur was actually a guy! It’s a very Christian film. I guess this is an example of what in the 1730’s and again a hundred years later was referred to as the Great Awokening?

  14. PELONI-

    Would you believe it; since I gave you tht site it has refused to work. Times out all thr time. I had about 15 tabs open as usual; and every one was useless.
    What happened, do you have any idea,
    Please try it again and let me know if it works for you.

  15. SEB-

    No. didn’t see it, don’t go to movies anyway, they are never factual, and are just a bunch of actors doing what the director wants- however fantastic.
    They follow scripts dredged from the minds of narcissists, and not fact-except by accident. A plethora of “Ben Hur’s”. which, as you know came from the diseased shell shocked mind of a Civil War General.

    But thank you all thrv same, a kind thought.

  17. We have not heard from Reader with a few very brief exceptions for some time. It is in times like the current moment when I keep expecting to see him pop up with a comment explaining to us how Bibi is planning everything going against him. His out of the box reasoning, often supported with extensive research, always served to stretched my own thinking, even as we disagreed on various topics, and I hope to see him commenting again soon. I do hope he is doing well.

  19. @Edgar

    It’s a surprising site, very unbalanced,

    Thank you very much. I am a great fan of such book websites and I will certainly check it out. Looking briefly at the site, I am amazed at some of the books which are availiable there. As you noted, quite a mix of both rare and common titles.

  20. PELONI-

    Correction Typo; I’m sure you’ll have guessed, but in case….

    “Read Any Book”

    It’s a surprising site, very unbalanced, Loads of very well known “still in copyright” as well as comparatively unknown writers; and also similar load of other well known writers with NO entries.

    For instance it has Betsy Balcombe’s book on Napoleon, No other site has it. But is doesn’t have Gorrequer’s Diary.

  21. PELONI_

    Yes no doubt about it. Wilding’s account is very open and convincing. He only mentions it at the time they met, and the point is not be-laboured.-
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    The book is by A. Wallis Myers, himself a well known player, and entitled “Captain Anthony Wilding”.

    If you’re interested It can be found on “Read Aby Book” on the internet. I find it a great source and have read hundreds of their items. One must get the exact author name correctly.

    The book is very amateurishly printed with many interruptions, but I think there is an index at the end where Balfour is mentioned by page. Possibly a run down at the beginning also. To get through it was a struggle as all kinds of family and extraneous matters were mentioned.

  22. PELONI_

    Yes no doubt about it. Wilding’s account is very open and convincing. He only mentions it at the time they met, and the point is not be-laboured.-

    The book is by A. Wallis Myers, himself a well knon player, and entitled “Captain Anthony Wilding”.

  23. @Edgar

    from this I can believe that his famous letter was heartfelt and deeply based on religious groujnds and justice.

    I am not as well read on this topic as yourself, but this was the understanding which I have had as well. I read on Randolph and Jennie Churchill some years ago, and they were quite close with Balfour, and Balfour was described much as you describe him being represented in the Wilding biography.

  24. I’ve just been reading the Life Story of Anthony Wilding the very famous pre-WW1 New Zealand tennis player, and multi-Wimbledon Champion-

    He knew and was feted by everyone from Winston Churchill to King Gustav of Sweden etc.

    Wilding was killed in the war 7 months after it had begun. He was a volunteer.

    An odd fact. He intimately knew A.J. Balfour whom he said was a decent tennis player, and for about 4 years, just before the War they played a lot and entered in tournaments including Wimbledon.
    As a doubles pair they actually won a well known Nice tournament.

    He said that Balfour was steeped in religion, and from this I can believe that his famous letter was heartfelt and deeply based on religious groujnds and justice.

  26. Thanks, Mr. Zorn, I knew if it was out there you would-be the man to find it. Maybe I searched to soon after it aired, before they got it archived. Any who, These two are such evil people, they chant “bring them home” and for the last few months since Oct.7 these two have done everything they can to fight against Israel and support Hamas. Even if they only support those teenage idiots on the street whom, support Hamas they are still supporting Hamas. I heard the earlier report and just wanted to listen again. Those two turned my stomach the second time as much or more than they did the first time. May their names be forgotten! Thanks for your help.

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  28. @Tanna Can’t find anything on Schumer but this photo on a lot of sites. Is that what you got?

    https://www.clintonherald.com/news/national_news/israel-parade-new-york/image_5da60b9f-5a04-5af2-82cb-5bacb14c040c.html

    Found nothing on James but one of her interns got arrested protesting against Israel. I voted for her Republican challenger because of her persecution of Trump and his family. And I voted for Schumer’s Republican challenger because of his lousy record on Israel. Not the only issue I disagree with him about but the rest is redundant. When Israel is on the table, there are no other issues. I voted Democrat for Governor, State Senate and State Assembly because I support tenant’s rights and the Medicaid expansion but no longer on the Working Families Party line because of their embrace of BDS. I voted Republican for comptroller because he was advocating using DEI to ration government benefits for the needy. The Dem governor supports Israel and the State Senate and Assembly members I voted for don’t talk about foreign policy, as they shouldn’t!

  30. Mr. Zorn,

    I’ve been searching for the Chuck Shumer and Latisha James comments at the Israel day Parade??? It was in the news last night or this Moring, but I have not been able to find it. I wanted to listen more closely. Neither one of these people want to help Israel, although it sounded like they were trying to sale that in their remarks of “Bring them Home” I wonder if they have been scrubbed from the http://WWW.? Can you help? thks

  32. @Peloni the USA actually delivered the shipment of bombs with the precision kits that they had withheld for a short while over the Rafah mssion disagreement. The IDF proved to the Americans that it was possible in about 2 weeks to move over a million Gazans from Rafah. The Americans claimed this was not possible. Another of many things Biden and company have been wrong about.

  33. OPHIR FALK-

    I’ve never heard of him, but it seems that There’s at least ONE Israeli with a smart Kop. I just now saw that he headlines Arutz 7 with saying exactly what I posted recently that nobody saw, the dangers of a “Shalit syndrome” based on the naturally strong desire to get our hostages back.
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  34. @Bear
    Yes, I am aware of Gallant’s initial desire to take out Hezbollah, and the sharp consequences which will come as a result of actually taking that menace out of play.

    I am convinced that this will come to be, and that Israel has the means to see the task completed, though perhaps not with the precision munitions which the Americans intend to withhold. In fact, the US has caused a significantly greater death count on both sides of this war with its attempts to forestall Israel’s freedom of action, and yet despite these needless excess deaths, this war will be won by Israel, if for no other reason than that she has no choice but win it, with or without American support or permission.

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  35. @Peloni actually Gallant wanted after Oct 7 to shortly pivot to mass attacking the Hezis because he correctly evaluated that is the greater danger. Biden had quashed a massive attack.

    Israel hopefully has stored enough ammunition, artillery shells, bombs etc for a full blown war with the Hezis in the event Biden decides to get caprice and stop weapons ships if he perceives Israel as not obeying his every wish and order.

    The Hezis in a full blown war will kill Israelis and damage facilities. Israel will need to go in the ground to stop the missile strikes besides for a massive aerial bombardment of Lebanon.

  36. Yes, it is an interesting plan.

    When the time comes it is not likely that the attacks will be subtle or limited or even deep in Lebanon, but rather, as you depict here, it is likely that all of Lebanon will be ignited at once. It is a terrible but necessary and well overdue trauma which will be visited upon Lebanon, and hopefully the Lebanese will not lie quietly as their overlords are placed under siege by the consuming efforts of the IDF. This recent attack over the past two days was a surprising change, but I expect that Israel is still being held in restraint from doing what is needed in Lebanon.

    Also, the political capital being expensed currently has seemed to be rather focused on Gaza, but we will see what comes next.

  37. @Peloni Israel has been attacking in Lebanon for months but not in mass in air and not on the ground. That is the larger strategic danger and always was.

    Me personally I would minimize my footprint in Gaza. Go to full war mode in Lebanon and Syria versus Hezis. Destroy them move up to Litani on the ground but destroy Lebanese infrastructure all over Lebanon so they can not move military around or missiles. Southern Lebanon every house needs to destroyed as most houses hold missiles. I would send waves of planes in formation shooting 10 different missiles to ten different sits to destroy a maximum amount of sites. Plus relentless artillery and tank fire.

    Negotiate out hostages if possible. The if needed after Lebanon go back to Gaza. In Gaza they do not have a military capability and more only terrorist capabiity and the missiles are virtually gone. I would maintain border controls in Gaza and buffer zones to keep them from being resupplied and keep terror cells from infiltrating Israel.

  38. In the last 72 hours, the Israeli military has attacked Hezbollah sites along the Lebanon-Israel border, including deeper into Lebanese territory

    OSINTDefender

  42. BEAR-

    I’m inclined to agree with you, it doesn’t sound as if it originated from Israel.

    .”the elimination of Hamas’ military and governmental capabilities “…….
    which, as you say, would leave Hamas viable and ready to take over Gaza again, with time to refit and recruit,

    This doesn’t sound like previous pronouncements by the PM. To me, it sounds far less than Israel’s oft repeated (months ago) intention of completely destroying Hamas, meaning killing or capturing every terrorist remaining in Gaza. Destroying it utterly.

    This was/is Israel’s goal, top priority, the hostages, although important are secondary to the GOAL.

    I’d hate to see a “Shalit syndrome” resulting from internal agitation over the hostages

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  44. Biden proposed a cease-fire deal that he said Israel had proposed.

    It looks like Biden & Company at best edited something Israel had suggested. This deal would leave Hamas in power.

    Since it is Shabbat Israel has not responded.

    This deal sounds very much like something Hamas had proposed. Biden is trying to corner Hamas and Israel. I looked at the proposal it is NOT something the Israelis would write. This proposal is 99% of what Hamas wanted in general.

    Doing more research on this cease-fire proposal Israel allegedly had put out according to Biden, I think this a Biden dirty trick or con job. I found the following in the WSJ.com

    “The Israeli prime minister’s office, in a statement following Biden’s remarks, said that the war wouldn’t end until all of Israel’s war goals are achieved—including “the elimination of Hamas’s military and governmental capabilities.”

    I think Biden is lying and trying to corner Israel, assuming Hamas will accept the deal!

  45. I’m sure this is the case. However, I don’t see much pushback on the part of native Brits, especially their political leadership. In fact, clowns like the PM and Cameron are pandering to the muslim Jew-haters and attacking Israel.

    I wonder of those antisemitic “British” bus drivers who wouldn’t pick up Jewish children were Muslims and if so, what country they grew up in. It’s true the British have their own history, but not like this in recent memory, certainly not on British soil.

  46. Biden allowing American bombs to strike into Russia demonstrates that the world capitalism is on the verge of plunging earth into thermonuclear cataclysm. This began with a right wing coup in February 2014 Kiev and lethal vicious bombing of Russian speaking civilians in Donbas.

    Everything flowed from this. And everything now depends on leadership to which we have to commit to build and create. This is a very tall order. From whatever source we must begin to plot the history of this.

    Start by reading articles by Jacques Baud. This does not imply in any way that we are in agreement with Baud on other issues especially on his reactionary position on the Jewish state of Israel fighting Hamas.

    https://civilek.info/en/2023/05/13/shocking-letter-of-a-swiss-secret-service-expert-about-the-antecedents-of-the-outbreak-of-war/

  47. Well, they finally got Trump. The Left controls the courts, the media, big tech, academia, and everything else, so of course they got him. It was only a matter of time. So the question is, what happens to us now that their power grab is almost complete? All they have to do is “win” (and I use the word advisedly) the next election, and we’re done for, as a democracy. Wherever it is written, “…with liberty and justice for all”, they will have to chisel it off, cover it up, or paint it over. How long do you think it will be before Mt. Rushmore is desicrated?

    Does anyone remember the iconic photo of an older French gentleman, standing on the Champs Elysee, weeping as he watched the Nazis march into Paris? I have almost reached that point.

    I wonder if the Left will still think that they have won after they have turned thousands of American cities into drug and crime infested shitholes, or when the country plunges into bankruptcy, or when we lose our next war with Russia or China. What excuses will they make when the citizens of this once great country are dispossessed by third-world opportunists, or when they look at their own children, festooned with tattoos and piercings, because of low self esteem, or when they realize that they will never have grandchildren, because they encouraged their kids to cut off their genitalia, because god must have made a mistake. Now all they can raise is “fur babies”.

    I will sleep with my fathers soon. In my life was privileged to know the Great Generation, and to live through times of the greatest prosperity, opportunity, and freedom that the world has ever known, or is ever likely to know. Now, I weep for the future generations. Has “ha Satan” truly won?

  49. @Laura

    “Fuck England”

    I wonder of those antisemitic “British” bus drivers who wouldn’t pick up Jewish children were Muslims and if so, what country they grew up in. It’s true the British have their own history, but not like this in recent memory, certainly not on British soil.

    Leslie Howard (who was half Hungarian Jewish on his father’s side) recites poem in Scarlett Pimpernel (1934)

    “London broker Nicholas “Nicky” Winton helps rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in a race against time before the Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, he’s still haunted by the fate of those he wasn’t able to bring to safety.”

    He was from a British Jewish “converso” family, himself.

    And he and the Jews he saved were popular a very short time ago.. It’s in the film.

    I think it has encouraged native antisemites but I suspect these are a small, albeit, dangerous, minority as they are here.

    Nobody wants to do the statistics or properly report the news for fear of being labeled, “racist.”

    So everyone is tarred with the same brush.
    https://youtu.be/ggMwq0nCHEE?si=WHUkOuxx4YhoYHj-