By Apolo Villalobos, AMERICAN THINKER

When Donald Trump was running for office, he raised the issue of fraudulent votes. As with everything else Trump has said, it was instantly attacked and ridiculed by the media. Since then, the idea has been dismissed by MSM journalists who have insisted that there have not been any cases of illegal voting.

Recently, though, the novel possibility of fraudulent votes in favor of a Republican candidate has made the MSM do a 180^o while reiterating that such things have never happened favoring Democratic candidates. As with many other topics, MSM journalists have blatantly lied. Here are a few recent instances of illegal voting:
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T. Belman. The protests will grow, week by week, until Abdullah is gone.

As days of protest against austerity draw hundreds, security forces show an iron fist. The crisis highlights the country’s weak political institutions. Some fear criminal and jihadist infiltrations. The political class must be renewed and economic and social reforms must be implemented.

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By Cillian Zeal, CONSERVATIVE TRIBUNE 

A federal judge in Texas has declared Obamacare to be unconstitutional — and it didn’t take long for a tweeted celebration to come from President Trump.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor declared in a Friday evening decision that the end of the individual mandate meant that the rest of the Affordable Care Act was also null and void.

O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee serving in Texas, issued a 55-page ruling on a lawsuit brought by 19 attorneys general and a governor, all Republicans. The suit was spearheaded by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Read more…

by Abe Haak, BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,036, December 14, 2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: If and when the Palestinian Authority (PA) collapses, Jordan will bear the greatest brunt of the resulting humanitarian crisis. Such a collapse could be triggered by several factors, but will almost certainly lead to a mass exodus of Palestinians from Areas A and B. While Israel will probably opt for a minimalist containment approach, the government in Amman will have to choose: it can either come to the aid of the Palestinians in the territories, or it can allow them to enter Jordan for help. Israel and Jordan are both likely to favor the first option, which may then facilitate a solution to the problem of governance in the territories.

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The fact Hamas would rather starve the children of Gaza than coexist with a Jewish neighbor epitomizes the degree to which Jew-hatred is a paramount value in the contemporary Islamic World.

By Rafael Castro, INN

This argument implies that Jews are to blame for antisemitism in the Muslim World. The corollary of this position being that the onus of restoring peace to the Middle East rests on Jews.

That prior to 1948, the Muslim World tended to be somewhat less inhospitable to Jews than Europe, is correct. Nevertheless, to extrapolate from this truism that Islamic tolerance was the forerunner of modern liberal democracies’ respect of religious minorities is an insult to the Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, Alevites, Armenians, Yazidis and other religious minorities massacred in the name of Islam.
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Report claims Saudi Crown Prince planning ‘game-changing’ meeting with Israeli Prime Minister, to be hosted by Donald Trump.

Arutz Sheva Staff

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, is planning a “game-changing” meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Middle East Eye reported Thursday.

According to the London-based, Qatari-funded outlet, the sources in the Saudi kingdom claimed that the Crown Prince is “seriously considering” a “game-changing” meeting with Netanyahu, which would be hosted by President Donald Trump.
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“You Are Overly Privileged Americans” Candice Owens DESTROYS Rude Black students

Banner hung on main road calls Macron ‘whore of the Jews’; Paris synagogues shuttered for first time as spike in emigration inquiries is reported

By Itamar Eichner, YNET

“Macron -whore of the Jews”

French Jews have become a focal point for the “Yellow Vest” protests across France, with an increase in anti-Semitism by demonstrators. In recent days, the Jewish community has reported numerous anti-Semitic videos, graffiti and actual threats appearing in central locations and on social media.

Last Saturday, the Chabad House on the Champs-Elysées Boulevard temporarily closed its doors for the first time due to safety concerns. The Chabad House issued a message saying that “for the first time, the Chabad House will not open on Shabbat morning; the police do not have the situation under control and today is a very dangerous day.”
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T. Belman. What this review misses, and perhaps the book also, is an explanation of why this is happening. I would suggest that the globalists have been gunning for Israel ever since the Balfour Declaration. Not only do they control key countries like Germany and France and from time to time the U.S., they also control the media and also social media. If that weren’t enough they also control the the multilateral organizations like the UN, EU and ICC to name a few. In pursuit of world government, it suits their interests to keep the pot boiling with anti-Israel sentiment. The has led to perpetual war and instability which they want.

Pres Trump is trying to extricate Israel from their clutches.

By Jeffrey Herf, JEWISH REVIEW OF BOOKS

Ben-Dror Yemini has devoted a lot of his time as a journalist, first for Maariv and now for Yedioth Ahronoth, to refuting what he regards as false allegations against the Jewish state made by NGOs, academics, and the media. In 2014 he summed up his widely ramified defense of his country in a book entitled Industry of Lies, which the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy has now published in an English translation. It is a book that combines the passionate advocacy of the opinion pages with considerable research. Although it does not cover the last four years, it remains an important resource for those who wish to combat, or merely understand, the calumnies aimed at Israel.
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By Mark Christian and Joe Herring, AMERICAN THINKER

Anwar al-Awlaki was an American citizen who chose to advocate terrorism and built a career on orchestrating activities intended to weaken, injure, and ultimately overthrow the government of the United States.  He was a member of numerous subversive groups, dating back to his college days.  He was an avowed Islamist, who pledged to do all in his power to subjugate the world, and everyone in it, under Islam, by any means necessary.

As an able propagandist, Awlaki became a valuable recruiter for terror groups.  By any objective measure, the man was an enemy of his own nation.  Awlaki was a fiery Islamic preacher.  His words were unreservedly anti-American.  They inflamed Islamic passions.  Awlaki wielded words as weapons.

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Return of deadly West Bank attack could harm Israeli security coordination with Abbas’ forces.  Spate of recent attacks could inspire copycats and lead to a cycle of revenge and retribution

By Amos Harel, HAARETZ

Israeli forces and forensic inspect the site of a drive-by shooting attack outside the West Bank settlement of Givat Asaf, northeast of Ramallah, on December 13, 2018. Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP

In the space of a few hours overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, Israel’s security forces chalked up two successes in their manhunts in search of the perpetrators of West Bank terrorist attacks. But the Palestinian response was quick to come this time. In what appears to be a revenge attack, given its location and timing, two Israelis were killed and two injured Thursday morning in another settlers’ hitchhiking stop north of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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T. Belman. Based on her experience, track record and skills, I have great confidence in her and expect that she will be a worthy replacement of Nikky Haley.

They insist she’s not qualified because she’s worked in their profession. That’s far too modest.

By Dovid Efune, WSJ 

Former journalist Heather Nauert’s nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is being greeted with a torrent of skepticism. “What do we do?” CNN host Brian Stelter pleaded with a guest, a newspaper columnist. “She’s not qualified for this job.” An NBC News column faulted Ms. Nauert’s “lack of traditional diplomatic experience.” The Guardian added that she has “no policymaking or negotiating experience.” Senate Democrats promise a tough confirmation. “She is clearly not qualified for this job,” Chris Murphy of Connecticut told CNN. Jeff Merkley of Oregon asserted that Ms. Nauert lacks “deep international-affairs knowledge” and “political leadership” experience.

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In Moscow, IDF delegation briefs Russian defense officials on the operation launched last week to expose and neutralize Hezbollah terror tunnels snaking into Israel • Sides will also “continue to work together” to improve deconfliction mechanism in Syria.

By Lilach Shoval, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

The Israeli and Russian military delegations in Moscow, Wednesday

An IDF delegation met with Russian defense officials in Moscow on Wednesday and briefed them on an operation launched last week to expose and neutralize Hezbollah attack tunnels into Israel.

They also discussed “improving the two militaries’ deconfliction mechanism” in Syria, where Russia and Israel maintain a hotline to coordinate operations and prevent aerial collisions.

In September, previously close ties were strained after a Russian warplane was hit by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli air raid. All 15 people aboard were killed and Russia blamed Israel for the incident. In October, Moscow said it had delivered S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Syria as a response.
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OlehStay welcomes ‘any listing, anywhere in Israel’ in response to global hospitality service’s decision to remove Israeli homes in the West Bank from its listings

T. Belman. Why punish him at all? What US law did the Saudis violate. The US has no jurisdiction over the Saudis.  To suggest that this killing is any more reprehensible than any other killings perpetrated by whomever is ludicrous. Aside from Russia, Turkey has murdered many journalists and so has Iran and China. Perhaps you might argue it was more difficult to ignore this murder because evidence of it became more public. Sorry, Iran hangs gays in the public square and nobody says they should be punished for doing so.  But you might argue that being gay is a capital offense in Iran so we have no business interfering in their laws.  That doesn’t wash either.  Many Arab dictatorships have laws that provide for capital punishment for treason, sedition or even just maligning the monarch. So that isn’t a distinction. The PA made it a capital offense to sell land to Jews and many are executed for doing so.

No, I believe that the obsession with this murder has more to do with the fact that Pres Trump wants to get into bed with with the crown prince (so does Israel for that matter) and the anti-Trump crowd see this as a way to diminish Trump.

On the other hand, Trump should not let this crises go to waste and he should make demands on MBS.

By Clifford D. May, WASH TIMES

ABU DHABI | Consult a map of the Middle East. Locate the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage separating the Arabian Peninsula from Iran, and connecting the Gulf — whether you call it the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf is a thorny question — to the open oceans beyond.

The Strait of Hormuz is among the world’s most strategic waterways, essential to the health of the global economy. More than a third of seaborne oil shipments and 20 percent of the oil traded internationally pass through it.

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The US appears to be putting the pressure on to try to assuage Turkey’s concerns.

By Seth J. Frantzman, JPOST

A wall along the border between Turkey and Syria is pictured at the Syrian town of Atimah, Idlib province, in this picture taken from Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey October 10, 2017. (photo credit: OSMAN ORSAL/REUTERS)

The US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey and the Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn both visited Gaziantep, Turkey last week to speak with Turkish military officials about the issues in eastern Syria. It is part of a growing pattern of outreach by US officials connected to Syria policy to seek out Ankara as a solution to the problems plaguing Syria.

The US Embassy in Syria released a short statement about the Jeffrey and Rayburn meeting, indicating they had discussed issues involving “Syrian refugees, civil society actors, and political groups working in Syria.” The two US officials also “visited the site of US and Turkish military rehearsals for joint patrols in fulfillment of the Manbij Roadmap.”
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Netanyahu said his policy has always been “to stop bad things when they are small. So we meet Iran head-on in Syria, and if we need to, will do whatever we need to do protect ourselves, as you would.”

By Herb Keinon, JPOST

Israel does not rule out acting militarily inside Iran’s border if it feels that is necessary for its security, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

Asked at an annual appearance before the foreign press if Israel would act inside Iran’s borders, Netanyahu said, “Our redline is our survival. We do what is necessary to protect Israel against the Iranian regime that openly calls for the annihilation of the Jewish state.”

Pressed if that means Israel is not ruling out engaging Iran inside Iran, Netanyahu replied: “I’m not ruling out doing anything we need to defend ourselves. For the moment, Israel is the only military in the world that is directly engaging Iranian forces. We are doing that in Syria and pulling them back.”
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Speaking at the World Youth Forum held in Egypt last month, Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi participated in a session where he answered questions from the floor.

 “This question was put to me by Mohammed Kassim, a young Afghan: Why world leaders are closing their doors to immigration?

“I don’t want to go very deep into this issue. Every country has the right to protect its people and their interests and should respect human rights, but in a framework that allows it to preserve its national interests.

“Instead of asking why these countries are closing their doors [to immigration, you should be asking yourself] why Afghans in Afghanistan don’t care about the fate of their country.

“Why, for the last 40 years, have they been killing each other and self-destructing? This situation also applies to other countries like Pakistan and Egypt, too – and Syria, Libya, Iraq, Yemen and Somalia. Why are they doing this?

“We are tearing ourselves apart in our own countries. We then [have the nerve to] ask from countries that are toiling night and day to make progress in their countries, protect their people and maintain a certain standard of living to let us in and share the fruit of their labours – simply because we are at each other’s throats in our own countries!

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