As reported by Breibart:

A CNN poll released Monday shows an overwhelming majority of Americans believe the economy is doing well during President’s Donald Trump’s presidency.

Seventy-one percent of Americans now believe that the economy is in good shape, according to the poll. Only 27 percent rated the economic conditions as poor.

CNN reports that the number is the highest positive number since February 2001 and the best of Trump’s presidency.

It’s no wonder that the economy is doing so well with a president who has done so much.

The mainstream media has tried to claim that the POTUS is lazy, but this would just further the logic that it would make him seem even MORE INCREDIBLE than he already has been.

If he’s lazy, no one would want to see him when he’s productive!

Just look at the growing list of his accomplishments, provided (and fully documented!) by MagaPill:

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By Jack Davis, WESTERN JOURNAL

During a CNN interview in which the host wanted to talk about President Donald Trump’s potential connections to last week’s New Zealand mosque massacre, a Muslim physician noted that Trump is “beloved” in the Muslim world.

Qanta Ahmed, a doctor and an associate professor of medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, appeared on CNN Saturday as the network reacted to Friday’s terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand.

During her interview, CNN host Fredericka Whitfield played video of Trump on Friday using the word “invasion” in connection with the issue of illegal immigration on the southern border. The word was also used in a manifesto issued by the suspected gunman in the attack. Trump was also mentioned in the document.
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Founded by former AIPAC officials, Pro-Israel America seeks to be more explicitly political than the powerful lobby

By ERIC CORTELLESSA, TOI

WASHINGTON — A new group was launched Tuesday to bolster pro-Israel candidates running for Congress.

Following the 2018 midterms and the elevation of House members more sympathetic to the Palestinian cause, such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, former staffers at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) have created an organization to send more traditionally pro-Israel candidates to Capitol Hill.

Founded by Jeff Mendelsohn and Jonathan Missner, Pro-Israel America endorsed 27 members of Congress — 14 Democrats and 13 Republicans — as it announced its own establishment.
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Justice minister promises immediate ‘legal upheaval’ if she remains in office, with the Knesset to approve judges, and also empowered to overrule court’s striking down of laws

By Raoul Wootliff, TOI

The Israeli right’s response to the Supreme Court’s decision to bar an ultranationalist candidate from running in April’s election emerged in full force on Monday, as lawmakers seeking reelection intensified both rhetoric against the court and efforts to drastically limit its powers.

Just hours after the court on Sunday night disqualified Union of Right-Wing Parties (URWP) candidate Michael Ben Ari over his anti-Arab ideology and incitement, several parties on the right of Israel’s political map floated wide-reaching measures ranging from a bill to reverse the decision to a full-blown overhaul of the country’s highest legal authority. Rhetoric against the court also sharpened.
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NEWTON RESIDENTS SUE CITY’S SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS FOR DISCRIMINATION AND INDOCTRINATION

Allege School Officials and Teachers Guilty of Dereliction of Duty

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS – On March 12, 2019, a group of Newton taxpayers filed a lawsuit against the Newton School Committee, Superintendent of Schools David Fleishman, the principals of the Newton high schools, and certain high school history teachers to compel them to stop discriminating against and indoctrinating students with anti-Semitism, bigotry against Israel, and Islamist religious dogma as part of the high- school history curriculum.

The taxpayers claim that Newton Public Schools (NPS) has deliberately failed and refused to comply with the Equal Rights Amendment of the Massachusetts Constitution, with the Massachusetts Student Anti-Discrimination Act, and with civil rights regulations that require schools, through their curricula, to encourage respect for the human and civil rights of all individuals regardless of race, identity, religion, color, sex, and national origin.
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T. Belman. What the hell is with MEFORUM? In 2002 Daniel Pipes mistakenly opined that ““Radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution”. He was wrong then and he is wrong now.

At the beginning of this video, Oren Litwin states “What I mean by Islamists is not Muslims, becasuse we have nothing against the Muslim religion, Islam, but what we are against is the political ideology called Islamism which actually has its roots in twentieth century totalitarianism.” WHAT?

If you ask Muslims themselves, they will say there is only Islam. Robert Spencer would agree.

by Oren Litwin, MEFORUM

Islamists have been attempting for years to gain influence within the US political system. They align themselves with the left wing of the Democratic Party not because they support LGBT rights or abortion, but to gain power through the progressive agenda of intersectionality and multiculturalism.

Recently Islamists have begun electing their own candidates, who presented moderate views while campaigning, but after being elected champion left-wing causes. And in private, Islamist activists often say that when they have enough power, they will turn on their progressive allies and implement their own priorities.

Stats from more than two decades of academic research shows that ‘well educated’ members of the community have a weaker attachment to their Jewish identity

By James Martin, JEWISH NEWS DAILY

Limmud whirl

Data from 20-plus years of institute for Jewish Policy Research surveys shows the “very well educated”, defined as those in the Anglo-Jewish community with at least an MA, have weaker attachment to Jewish identity, religious behaviour, marriage choices and perceptions of Israel than the less well educated, defined as those without a degree. That was the conclusion drawn from the recent piece of research by Jewish community sociologist Prof. Stephen Miller, of City University
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If I’m shut out of all platforms over the next few days, you’ll know why.

By Robert Spencer, FPM

My friends, it could be time for me to be saying goodbye. Leftist and Islamic groups have been trying for years to silence all criticism of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women and others, and in the New Zealand massacre they see the best chance in a long time to move in for the kill. I (along with other foes of jihad terror) could be banned from everything and rendered a non-person, a la Alex Jones, any day now.

This is no exaggeration. Meeting in Istanbul, the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called on non-Muslim countries to ban “Islamophobia,” which means criticism of Islam, including analysis of the motivating ideology fueling jihad terror. IUMS President Ahmed al-Raisouni said Friday: “IUMS calls on non-Muslim countries to ban the spread of hatred against Islam and Muslims.”
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By Valerie Sobel, THE NEW BLITZ

Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77, by Johannes Brahms; a prolific artistic feat the great composer dedicated to his friend, distinguished Hungarian violinist, Joseph Joachim.

With time, Brahms grew somewhat disillusioned with the concerto, conceding the idea he will never hear what he put down on staff paper and what he hears in his head. Disappointed and frustrated, Brahms generally avoided all performances of his masterpiece. The composer almost caved to pressure at the relentless insistence of Viennese composer, Johann Strauss, to hear just one more performance of the concerto. In the end, Brahms politely declined the invitation, citing his limits with the oversaturation of mediocre playing at the hands of diamond dozen vaunted musicians.

But swelling curiosity had its own designs on Brahms just as a 13 year-old soloist was about to pick up the bow for Johannes’ mammoth composition. Only human, Brahms yields at the last possible moment, and unbeknownst to Strauss or anyone else, proceeds to take the last open seat in the remote balcony section of the concert hall.
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By M. Catharine Evans, AMERICAN THINKER

Fox’s newest fan is a Jew-hating member of Congress. Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is extremely grateful that Fox defended her and punished Judge Jeanine Pirro for asking a legitimate question.

On Saturday, Fox suddenly cancelled Pirro’s highly rated weekly show “Justice with Judge Jeanine.”

By Amos Yadlin, Zvi Magen

INSS Insight No. 1149, March 18, 2019

More than two weeks after Prime Minister Netanyahu’s most recent visit to Moscow, the public lacks answers to the four most important questions that concern Israel’s relations with Russia regarding Syria and the Iranian presence there: Has the deconfliction mechanism between Russia and Israel changed since the downing of the Russian plane and the decisive turning of the tide in the Syrian civil war? Has Netanyahu managed to persuade Putin not to give Syria control over the S-300 batteries deployed on Syrian soil? Is the reduction in Israeli air strikes in Syria a result of Iran’s suspended efforts to entrench itself there, or a concession to Russia? What is the significance of the planned joint committee with Israel for the removal of “foreign forces” from Syria? In the absence of official information about the proposed committee, two possibilities can be posited to explain Russia’s objectives. One is that there is a change underway in Russia, which is tired of its intervention in Syria. The second possibility is that Russia’s interests in Syria are long term and do not take Israeli interests into account, and this poses a dangerous scenario for Israel.
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Why does Israel need judicial reform? The Court’s hearing on Otzma Yehudit is a telling example of judicial disdain for the Knesset.

By Ariel Natan Pasko, INN

With Purim and elections coming up, National Union Chairman MK Bezalel Smotrich has recently unmasked the Judicial Dictators in the Supreme Court for what they are, a largely self-appointed leftist elite that looks down on the simple Jews of Israel and their well being, more often siding with Arab terrorists and their political supporters, than with their Jewish victims.

We can also clearly see the disdain they hold for the other branch of government, the legislature, the Knesset and Knesset members, who are popularly elected by the public, as should be in a democracy, unlike the self-appointed Judiciary.

On March 6, the Central Elections Committee narrowly rejected the complaints against Otzma Yehudit’s Knesset run by a vote of 16 to 15. Afterwards, left-wing and Arab MKs filed an appeal with the Supreme Court against the candidacies of Dr. Michael Ben-Ari and Adv. Itamar Ben-Gvir of Otzma Yehudit.
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Review: Jerold S. Auerbach, Print to Fit: The New York Times, Zionism and Israel: 1896-2016. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2019.

By Professor Edward Alexander, INN

It has long been a commonplace that The New York Times, America’s “newspaper of record,” which flaunts the motto “All the News that’s Fit to Print,” failed to report the two greatest mass crimes of the twentieth century: Nazi Germany’s destruction of European Jewry and the Soviet Union’s murder of millions of Ukrainians. As Jerold Auerbach, professor emeritus of history at Wellesley College, tells the story of the Times from its late 19th century beginnings under the guidance of publisher Adolph S. Ochs of Tennessee up to the present day — a prodigious work of historical scholarship and critical analysis — the Times’ two abiding principles (almost dogmas) during this “Biblical” tenure of 120 years have been Reform Judaism and American patriotism.

Both Ochs’ religious commitment and his unswerving America First loyalty were dogmatic, and excluded sympathy with the Zionist movement. The two opposed forces came to prominence simultaneously: Theodor Herzl published The Jewish State: An Attempt at a Modern Solution of the Jewish Problem in 1897, just six months before Ochs purchased the Times, then in desperate financial straits.
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By Evelyn Gordon

Many Israelis are willing to tolerate a racist party in the Knesset because they fear that the alternative is a government that will make life-threatening territorial concessions. And when voters think human life is at stake, telling them to “just say no” won’t work.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s midwifing of a joint ticket that will bring a far-right extremist party into the Knesset was quickly superseded by new scandals. Yet the fundamental problem that prompted his move remains, and contrary to popular belief, that problem isn’t growing racism. Rather, it’s Israel’s electoral system.

The party in question, Otzma Yehudit, has run for Knesset several times under various names and never gotten in. On its own, it wouldn’t make it into the next Knesset either. In other words, its positions are no more popular than they ever were.
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Egyptian officials assail Hamas leaders in Gaza on Thursday night after missiles are fired at Tel Aviv during their meeting • “Even if the Israelis decide to dismantle your rule in Gaza by assassinating each and every one of you” we won’t “lift a finger.”

By Daniel Siryoti, ISRAEL HAYOM

Shortly after 9 p.m. on Thursday, minutes after sirens blared across central Israel and a loud boom overhead shook the area, senior Egyptian intelligence officers became outraged during a meeting with Hamas officials in Gaza.

“Just so you know,” they leveled at Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, “if Israel decides to launch a comprehensive military operation in Gaza we won’t do a thing to stop it, even if it decides to simultaneously topple Hamas and conquer the Gaza Strip.”
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The Jewish festival of Purim starts on Wednesday evening.  It is one of the happiest of festivals, and in this week’s positive Israel newsletter there is much to be happy about.

www.verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com 

• Israeli breakthrough in the search for a universal leukemia treatment.
• Israeli scientists have discovered a vital medical reason for sleep.
• IKEA and McDonald’s launched Israeli initiatives to help those with disabilities.
• A new Israeli solution to the global desert crisis.
• Nvidia has bought Israel’s Mellanox for $6.9 billion.
• Time Out readers chose Tel Aviv as the best city in the Middle East.
• The Israeli President’s wife breathes easily thanks to a donated lung.

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By Emil Avdaliani

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,114, March 17, 2019

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In December 2018, the Trump administration announced that its military will start withdrawing roughly 7,000 troops from Afghanistan in the coming months. Though the decision seems an abrupt shift in the US’s 17-year-old war in Afghanistan, it fits into the American grand strategy of keeping Eurasia divided.

The US decision to withdraw about 7,000 troops from Afghanistan in the coming months seems to go against recent developments inside that country. Afghanistan just saw a spike in violence (terrorist attacks, etc.), largely caused by elections. It raises eyebrows on the foreign policy level, too, as Russia, Iran, and Pakistan – all of which have difficult relations with the US – will try to use the American withdrawal to their own respective advantage.

Washington’s decision is being viewed by many (quite correctly) with consternation, as the withdrawal of these troops can be regarded as a continuation of a major trend under the Trump administration: withdrawal from major treaties and global responsibilities the US has had for decades, since the end of the Cold War. The decision follows a similar one on Syria, where the US plans to reduce its military presence to a minimum. Together, these moves conjure the idea of a global retreat by the US.

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