T. Belman. There is a huge disconnect between Mexico’s current words its decision to abstain. I would have thought that voting “no” was in order. At least it is better than voting in favour as Egypt, Russia and China did. I expected better from these countries. In addition, many Christian nations abstained. It shows that the majority of nations would rather be politically correct than factualy correct.

Mexico’s Jewish ambassador removed from post after walking out of previous vote; Israeli envoy: ‘We’re not giving up’

BY RAOUL WOOTLIFF, TOI

In a dramatic turn of events, UNESCO was set to revisit on Tuesday a vote on a contentious resolution ignoring Jewish and Christian historical ties to Jerusalem holy sites, following an announcement by Mexico that it had changed its position on the issue and was utilizing a rare provision to allow for a re-vote.

The resolution, sponsored by several Arab countries and passed Thursday in the committee stage of the United Nations cultural body, referred to the Temple Mount and Western Wall only by their Muslim names and condemned Israel as “the occupying power” for various actions taken in both sites.
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By Paul Ebeling

So here’s the real story: US Amb. Stevens was sent to Benghazi post haste in order to retrieve US made Stinger missiles supplied to Ansar al Sharia without Congressional oversight or permission.

Secretary of Stare Hillary Clinton brokered the deal through Stevens and a private arms dealer named Marc Turi. Then some of the shoulder fired missiles ended up in Afghanistan used against our own military.

It was July 25th, 2012 when a Chinook helicopter was taken down by one of our own Stingers, but the idiot Taliban didn’t arm the missile and the Chinook didn’t explode, but had to land anyway.
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State Department criticizes Netanyahu’s attack on B’Tselem and Americans for Peace Now for participating in UN Security Council session on settlements.

By Barak Ravid, HAARETZ

The U.S. criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s verbal assault on anti-occupation and human rights groups B’Tselem and Americans for Peace Now over their participation in a UN Security Council session on the settlements Friday.

State Department spokesman John Kirby told Haaretz on Monday that the administration values the information published by the two nonprofits about the situation in the West Bank and stressed that governments should defend freedom of speech.
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T. Belman. Consider one more possibility namely that Obama/Clinton are creating a false flag to enable them to steal the election. Perhaps all this discord and blaming the Russians for hacking and claiming Trump is in cahoots, is to set the stage for a coup of sorts. Stay tuned.

Election interference stokes fears of November 8 chaos; Little hope for new Syria talks as Russia expands military presence.

By Michael Wilner, JPOST

WASHINGTON – Relations between Moscow and Washington are on a precipitous decline, as Russia attempts to assert itself as a resurgent world power in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Deploying nuclear-tipped long-range missiles in its Baltic enclave in Kaliningrad and anti-aircraft batteries across Syria, threatening military partnerships with Cuba and Egypt and dispensing with a 16-year-old US-Russia nuclear agreement, the Kremlin and the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, appear to be preparing the nation for prolonged conflict with the West.
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T. Belman. I have a very knowledgeable and well connected source who claims that the Coup was successful. The army gave Erdowan a choice, namely death, or exile or remain in Turkey as our puppet. He chose the latter. I have been waiting for more evidence of this before making the case. I will keep you posted.

By Fran Fawcett Peterson, AMERICAN THINKER

Murmurs are growing louder that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdo?an may be a dead man walking.

According to scholars Michael Rubin, MetinGurcan, and others,  there are whispers that a third coup is coming.  It would be brought on by the struggle for control of the military, the intelligence service, and the police.  That struggle is going on among the ruling party, the Gülenists; the Turkish mafia; and other unsavory characters against the backdrop of the Syrian civil war next door, millions of Syrian refugees, ISIS, and the Kurds’ struggle for a place at the table if not independence.
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The vacuum left by America’s disengagement has thrown the Middle East into a dangerous state of instability, wherein extremist groups thrive and thwart any hopes for peace.

By Zvi Mazel, JPOST

There seems to be a growing rift between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the twin mainstays of the Sunni front against the major threats of Iran’s terrorist operations and nuclear building on the one hand, and against the rogue Sunni Islamic State on the other. The two countries no longer see eye to eye on a number of regional issues, although they deny it and insist that they are still coordinating their actions.

The Egyptian president has stated on a number of occasions that the security of the Gulf is essential to the security of his country, while the Saudi king wrote to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that any attack on Egyptian security would be seen as an attack on Saudi Arabia.
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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

US President Barack Obama told Pentagon and military chiefs he met Friday, Oct. on Oct. 14, that instead of arming anti-Assad rebel groups in Syria, Washington was going back to negotiations with Moscow for cooperation in achieving a cessation of hostilities in the Syrian war.

US Secretary of State John Kerry therefore scheduled his umpteenth meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for Saturday in Lausanne. This time, the foreign ministers of Turkey, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and possibly Qatar, tagged along.
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technopeasant • 2 hours ago

Highlights from the PPD poll today besides DT being +1.8 overall:

1) DT from +16 yesterday to +21 today among independents
2) DT increase from 10% to 13% in A/A support
3) DT 4 point increase in female support from 33% to 37% with Hillary’s margin over Trump declining 3 points to +11. (DT’s margin with males remained at +17.)
4 Over the past 2 polling days Johnson has dropped 3 points in male support (13% to 10%) while DT has surged from 46% to 50%.

Small changes, but taking the Rasmussen poll (nothing today or Sunday I believe), the UCS/Dornsife poll and this one, all tracking polls show Trump recovering and actually being ahead of Clinton.

Rasmussen reports yesterday, that while Hillary led 45-38% on Monday, Trump now ahead 43-41%.

By Tom TaNcredo, BREITBART

Just when you think Republican Party leaders can’t possibly get more cynical, more hypocritical or more suicidal, they surprise you.

Over the past week, a few dozen prominent Republicans, led by 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain and joined by Utah’s Senator Mike Lee and Colorado’s Cory Gardner, dropped their support for Donald Trump and called on Republican voters to vote for other, “down ticket” candidates but not Trump.
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By Lou Kerner, Medium Corp

I recently got back from another nine days in Start-Up Nation. My sixth trip in 16 months. My blog post following my first trip in June of 2015, “Why I’m Doubling Down On Israel”, remains as relevant as the day I wrote it. But each trip brings additional context. And the more context I get, the more assurance I have that that my Israel thesis is correct?—?as amazing as the world thinks the Israel tech ecosystem is, the world still has no idea of the innovation and value creation to come.

It was a great nine days to be in Israel. The weather was amazing. And there was lots happening, including the DLD Israel Conference, E&Ys renowned Journey conference, a large China Israel Summit, and a terrific UJA Tech Mission (that I lead).

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Iran’s game is clear enough. It wishes to replace the US as the regional hegemon, at the US’s expense.

By Caroline B Glick, JPOST

Off the coast of Yemen, and at the UN Security Council we are seeing the strategic endgame of Barack Obama’s administration. And it isn’t pretty.

Since Sunday, Iran’s Houthi proxies in Yemen have attacked US naval craft three times in the Bab al-Mandab, the narrow straits at the mouth of the Red Sea. The Bab al-Mandab controls maritime traffic in the Red Sea, and ultimately controls the Suez Canal.
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By Jerry Gordon, NER

SkyNews reported that Geert Wilders will stand trial on criminal charges of violating the Dutch hate speech laws,“Geert Wilders hate speech charges upheld in court.” His counsel had filed a motion with the Hague court to dismiss the charges, The case against Wilders  arose  from petitions  filed with the Hague prosecutors by Dutch Muslims and leftist allies that his 2014 local campaign remarks of ‘fewer  Moroccans”  constituted prosecutable violations of hate speech laws in the Netherlands. Wilders’ counsel has also questioned possible bias in the three judge tribunal.

Wilders had been acquitted of similar charges in a trial in the Amsterdam Distirct Court in 2011.  The trial comes at a time where Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) has risen near the top of Dutch political polls close behind the ruling coalition of  PM Mark Rutte’s VVD party  in the Hague Parliament. Wilders’ counsel has also questioned the validity of the submitted petioners that the Hague prosecutors have based their charges.
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By Daniel Greenfield

“Let me just start out by saying that so much of what he just said is not right,” Hillary began.

And then while 63 million people watched, a member of Musca domestica, or the common housefly, landed and perched near her eye.

Trump had just wrapped up a thorough takedown of the Clintons and their abuse of women. “There’s never been anybody in the history politics in this nation that’s been so abusive to women,” he said. The camera cut to a stone-faced Bill Clinton sitting unmoving in the VIP box.
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By Ted Belman

Last week, a number of women came forward alleging that Donald Trump made unwanted sexual assaults on them including “groping”.

To their credit, a number of Christian leaders, stood by him by giving him the benefit of the doubt.

I would go further. For the sake of argument, I would assume the allegations were true, but would still vote for him.

Donald trump is against political correctness, globalization, open-borders, unrestricted immigration, trashing the Constitution, crony capitalism and corruption. Hillary Clinton, the opposite. She wallows in the latter two.
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By Martha Cohen, TOI

“The principle of criminal law in every civilized society has this in common. Any person who sways another to commit murder; any person who furnishes a lethal weapon for the purpose of the crime; any person who is an accessory to the crime, is guilty.” — Judge Dan Haywood

This line is part of a riveting speech given by Judge Haywood, played brilliantly by Spencer Tracy, as prelude to the verdict he is about to pass on the four German judges and prosecutors who are on trial for crimes against humanity in post-WWII Germany in the 1961 film “Judgment at Nuremberg.” The film was inspired by what is referred to as the “judges trial,” which was held in Nuremberg after the war.
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