By Alex VanNess, BREITBART

Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an Executive Order No. 157, directing state agencies to divest public funds from companies and organizations aligned with the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the State of Israel.

The BDS movement is a discriminatory movement that uses false, distorted, and anti-Semitic rhetoric to demonize the State of Israel and its citizens.  The Qatari born (and Israeli educated) founder of the BDS movement, Omar Barghouti has admitted that his ultimate goal for BDS is the destruction of Israel.  The BDS movement is affiliated with numerous anti-Israel groups worldwide, including Hamas.  Even Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas has expressed opposition to the BDS movement. Read more…

By Robert Spencer, FPM

We’ve gotten so used to politically correct obfuscation about Islam being a religion of peace that preaches tolerance and non-violence that Donald Trump’s words in his address Monday were startling: “Many of the principles of radical Islam are incompatible with Western values and institutions. Remember this, radical Islam is anti-woman, anti-gay and anti-American. I refuse to allow America to become a place where gay people, Christian people, Jewish people are targets of persecution and intimation by radical Islamic preachers of hate and violence.”

Trump continued: “This is not just a national security issue. It’s a quality of life issue. If we want to protect the quality of life for all Americans — women and children, gay and straight, Jews and Christians and all people then we need to tell the truth about radical Islam and we need to do it now.” Read more…

by ANDREW C. MCCARTHY , NATIONAL REVIEW

For nearly 25 years, we’ve been clinging to the fiction that groups such as ISIS are anti-Islamic. Various reports indicate that the death toll from the jihadist attack overnight at a popular gay club in Orlando may exceed 50 people, with more than 50 others wounded. The terrorist’s identity has been reported: He is Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old American citizen and devout Muslim from Fort Pierce, Fla., the son of immigrants from Afghanistan.

The FBI has indicated that Mateen, who was killed in a shootout with police at about 5 a.m., was an Islamic extremist. Representative Peter King (R., N.Y.), who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, says the shooter was “trained in the use of weapons.” As we have noted here many times, military training is generally the key that separates competent terrorists from wannabes. But whether actual or would-be jihadists, these Muslims are motivated by Islamic supremacism, the belief that sharia, Islam’s ancient, totalitarian law, must be imposed on society.
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By Ted Belman

Donald Trump’s great speech  following the Orlando jihad attack failed to single out the ideology that must also be defeated.  Much to my surprise and appreciation, Hillary did just that, in yesterday’s speech, in spades.

“It is long past time for the Saudis, the Qataris, and the Kuwaitis and others to stop their citizens from funding extremist organizations….“

“And they should stop supporting radical schools and mosques around the world that have set too many young people on a path toward extremism.” (snip)

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By Clare Lopez, TOWNHALL

“First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people,” goes the jihad rallying cry. This year’s warning came first, as it always does, from an Islamic terror spokesman, the Islamic State’s Abu Muhammad al-Adnani. On 21 May 2016, he released a statement entitled, “That They Live by Proof,” that called for Ramadan attacks against “kuffar everywhere,” but specifically called on Muslims to target “civilians…[in] America and its allies of the Jews, Crusaders…and against all of Your enemies.”
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The Judeo-Christian West and Islam represent what Harvard professor of political science Samuel Huntington famously called a “clash of civilizations.”

By Paul Eidelberg, INN

The Muslim credibility problem

Before discussing the Jewish claim to “Palestine,” let us review the credibility of the Muslims who claim this land as their own.

We begin with a statement of Professor Ephraim Karsh the founding director and emeritus professor of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King’s College London.

Since 2013, Karsh he has also served as senior research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. On the issue of Palestine he quotes the eminent Arab-American historian Philip Hitti who, in 1946, described the common Arab view:
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A discussion on how and why the Islamic ideology is spreading.

T. Belman. He went after Islamic Radicalism and emphasized destroying ISIS. What he didn’t go after directly, is the Islamic ideology and the preaching of it, which promotes Jihad and Sharia. This includes barring Saudi Arabia and others from installing radical Imams and Madrasses in the US and all over the world.

T. Belman. If Trump gets elected, I believe these policies will be a game changer for Israel. For one thing, the world will identify with our fight all the more as similar to their fight. Also the PA and Hamas will become targets of America’s policies. Their “resistance” will no longer be tolerated and certainly not financed.

If only Jewish leaders in America would support Trump’s policies. So far their response has fallen far short of what it should be. They are still Democrats no matter what.

By David Horowitz, BREITBART

Donald Trump’s speech on national security, which he delivered the day after the terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida, will change the dynamic of this election.

The speech was specific, detailed, and on the money. Trump showed how strategic securing the border is, how important stopping immigration from terror zones like Syria is, and how deadly political correctness has become. Political correctness – which transforms the Islamic world, which has a lot to answer for, from aggressors into innocent victims – functions as a shield for Islamic terrorists, and handcuffs law-abiding citizens prompting them not to report suspicious activities by Muslims for fear of being called racist.
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T. Belman. I can’t imagine that Bibi didn’t raise the question of Russia backing Israel’s claim to keep the Golan and Russia asking for oil licenses there in return.

Russia encouraging Israel to reconcile with Turkey even though she is at loggerheads with them, may well be part of this.

DEBKA   June 10/16

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu decided at their June 7 meeting in Moscow to deepen the military ties between the Russian and Israeli armed forces, DEBKAfile reports exclusively from is military and intelligence sources. It was a historic decision that spells the end of the IDF’s unique relationship with the US military.

The head of the IDF’s military intelligence branch, Maj. Gen. Hertzi Halevi, and Mossad chief Yossi Cohen also participated in the meeting.
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Arab nations must revise the deal to reflect Israeli demands, prime minister reiterates. ‘If they bring the proposal from 2002 and define it as ‘take it or leave it’ – we’ll choose to leave it.’

By Barak Ravid , HAARETZ 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud ministers Monday that he will never accept the original Arab Peace Initiative as a basis for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, according to two sources at the meeting.

“If the Arab nations grasp the fact that they need to revise the Arab League proposal according to the changes Israel demands, then we can talk,” Netanyahu said. “But if they bring the proposal from 2002 and define it as ‘take it or leave it’ – we’ll choose to leave it.”
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In an exclusive interview, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked brushes off charges by the International Criminal Court.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB, GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked always makes her mark.

Having just turned 40, Shaked is among the youngest top ministers in history and is not shy about expressing her opinions or throwing around her weight to achieve her policy goals.

In her bustling office and the focal point of the Justice Ministry, Shaked greets us wearing a crisp blue-andwhite suit. She offers a light handshake and smile that belies her stalwart personality, unyielding in the face of detractors.
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By Vic Rosenthal, ABU YEHUDA

Aluf Benn, the editor of the Israeli Left’s flagship publication Ha’aretz, has done a wonderful job of explaining the frustration and fury of those who used to run the country and don’t anymore to the rest of us.

Here’s his thesis :

Israel—at least the largely secular and progressive version of Israel that once captured the world’s imagination—is over. Although that Israel was always in some ways a fantasy, the myth was at least grounded in reality. Today that reality has changed, and the country that has replaced it is profoundly different from the one its founders imagined almost 70 years ago. Since the last elections, in March 2015, a number of slow-moving trends have accelerated dramatically. Should they continue, they could soon render the country unrecognizable.

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T. Belman. This is just one example of the US government lying to the people. A few examples come to mind; the contra scandal, the Bengazi cover-up, the true nature of the Iran deal, Watergate, Islamic terrorism, Saudi Arabia complicity in 9/11, the Arab rape culture, the truth about the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR, the true essence of Islam (not a religion of peace) and on and on. In some cases, after strenuous effort, the truth or some of it comes out. Why should it be so? Trump should make this a populous issue in the campaign.

By Jack Cashill, AMERICAN THINKER

As I hoped would happen, American Thinker’s series on TWA Flight 800 has prompted individuals with first hand knowledge to come forward. “Mark Johnson” is one. An air traffic controller (ATC), he worked the night of July 17, 1996 — the night TWA Flight 800 was destroyed — at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) located in Westbury, New York.

Johnson has provided me with his real name, and I have confirmed that he was in a position to know what he says he knows. He requested that I use an alias because he has children who depend on him. The federal government, he believes, “will seek revenge, retribution and/or any other remedy they feel like. I would be fearful my pension would be at risk.” I have heard this sentiment voiced by many people involved in this incident.

Although Johnson was not responsible for tracking TWA Flight 800, he spoke directly with the ATC who did. In fact, he asked him “plenty of questions to prepare myself for the ‘suits’ who were beginning to arrive.” Along with several other ATCs, he viewed the radar tape of the incident. According to Johnson, “A primary radar return (ASR-9) indicated vertical movement intersecting TWA 800.”
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T. Belman. That meeting was instrumental in influencing Truman to recognize the State of Israel against the wishes of the State Department. Truman did so with misgivings as he believed that the Arabs would invade and crush the new state. Even though he believed this, he didn’t lift a finger to help the new Jewish state and maintained the US embargo on weapon sales to Israel.

Due to the efforts of Golda Meir and Ben Gurion a clandestine organization was created to smuggle weapons to Israel. In my early years I read The Pledge which dealt with their activities. But the bulk of the weapons and planes that Israel procured, came through Czechoslovakia, courtesy the USSR.

T. Belman. It is argued that no one will question the deal if Obama signs it. but if left to the next administration it will be political. On the other hand, leaving the issue open may help get Trump elected and Israel more money. Afterall it will apply for 10 years. Who cares if it is political for a while. 10 years later it will be forgotten.

Negotiations over military aid package ongoing in Washington over level, whether part can be spent in Israel.

By Herb Keinon, JPOST

Key voices inside the government are arguing it is in Israel’s interests to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to govern US military aid for the next decade while President Barack Obama is in office, as a way of locking in support for the deal from wider swaths of the American public.

According to this reasoning, Obama is a progressive president and, as such, if he signs the deal it would be tantamount to buy-in from a wider spectrum of Americans.
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In a lecture posted on the Internet on March 21, Egyptian-German scholar Hamed Abdel-Samad said that the Prophet Muhammad had lowered the Jews to a “subhuman level, viewing them as animals,” and he compared the treatment of the Jews in the years following Muhammad’s death to that of the Nazis. “This hatred is poisoning us” and “preventing us from dealing with our problems in a serious way,” said Abdel-Samad, adding that “instead of poisoning one generation after another with this hatred, we should let them learn something from humanity,” in order to enable them to “overcome the barrier of hatred and of fear of the other.” The lecture is titled “Islamic Fascism and the Jews.” For additional lectures by Abdel-Samad, see MEMRI TV clips 5443 and 5356.

Following are excerpts:
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Israel is a case in point. Palestinian terror conflicts with Israeli liberal progressive values as well of those of the rest of the West.

By Barry Shaw, INN

When Israel displays so-called “liberal progressive values” to people intent on attacking our state and killing Jews the direct and immediate result is Palestinian Arab terror and the murder of Israelis.

When the Israeli government lifted restrictions on Palestinians as a gesture during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Palestinian Arabs, particularly those belonging to Hamas, exploited the gesture by disguising themselves, arming themselves, traveling into the heart of Tel Aviv, perhaps the most liberal progressive city in Israel, to kill and injure Israelis, including many who have supported their cause.
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The shooter, who has been confirmed dead, ‘may have leanings’ toward Islamist ‘ideology,’ says FBI.

HAARETZ 5:45 pm

Omar Mateen, 30, of Port St-Lucie, dies in firefight with police; FBI says he may have had links to Islamic terror

A shooting at a gay nightclub early on Sunday in Orlando, Florida has left approximately 50 people dead and at least 53 wounded.

Orlando Police Chief John Mina originally said that authorities had not determined an exact number of people killed, but that “approximately 20” have died. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer later revised that number to “50 casualties.”

The death toll given by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and police to reporters made the attack the deadliest single shooting incident in U.S. history, eclipsing the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech university, which left 32 dead.
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By Clarice Feldman, AMERICAN THINKER

Here and in Britain voters are torn as to whether or not to jump off the globalization, open borders bandwagon and government by unelected bureaucrats or voting to retake sovereignty and re-establish free markets. The polls show the sentiments for retaining the status quo or starting over (Brexit) seem too close to call, I predict Britain will leave. I hope we, too, will choose to return to less intrusive more accountable government, sovereignty and freedom by rejecting Hillary Clinton ourselves.

Why is this the last chance for Britain to retain its national identity?

This crowdsourced British video sets forth the significance of the Brexit vote. (It’s long, but if you’re pressed for time — the first 15 minutes provides a good summary). The EU is a richly compensated, enormous, anonymous unelected bureaucracy completely lacking in transparency. Its power rests in people the voters are unaware of and unable to remove. They are utterly unaccountable to the voters. It is a wasteful crony capitalist racket, working largely to keep its own gravy train (and that of its favored friends) going and growing.
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