New poll by Siena College shows that former President has a 9-point lead over current President among Jews in New York state.

INN     Feb 21, 2024

Trump and Biden

A new poll by Siena College shows that former US President Donald Trump has a 9-point lead over current President Joe Biden among Jews in New York state, which has the nation’s largest Jewish population, Newsmax reports.

The poll, which was released on Tuesday, showed that Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, has a 53%-44% lead over Biden among New York’s Jewish voters in a two-way race and a 46%-38% lead in a four-way race with independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West.

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EMET,  David Wurmser  February 21, 2024

By Col. (ret.) Jacques Neriah, JCPA                          21 February 2024

This pre-1948 map showed the locations of seven Shiite villages inside the British Mandate for Palestine. (Zero0000/CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)

On May 25, 2000, Israel withdrew its troops from its self-proclaimed security zone in South Lebanon under the pressure of Hizbullah’s guerrilla attrition warfare. Twenty-four years after the zone’s establishment, Israel decided that redeploying along its international border with Lebanon could potentially put an end to its military confrontation with Hizbullah, the Shiite Iranian-directed militia. Indeed, after consultation with the UN and in accordance with the agreed coordinates, Israel retreated to what is called the “Blue Line.”

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Caroline Glick talks with Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli about the Israeli government’s vote opposing a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state. They also discuss what policy should be pursued in the Gaza Strip now and the day after the fighting ends.

“Demanding an immediate, unconditional ceasefire without an agreement requiring Hamas to release the hostages will not bring about a durable peace,” the U.S. envoy said.

Israelis protest against the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which has been directly linked to Hamas terrorism, at their offices in Jerusalem on Feb. 5, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Washington stood alone on Tuesday in voting down an Algeria-drafted resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian halt to hostilities in Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, along with the return of hostages still being held captive in Gaza since Oct. 7 and the unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid into the Strip.

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East-west road is meant to facilitate movement of troops and logistical support

ByDavid S. Cloud,   and Dov Lieber, WSJ  Feb. 20, 2024

United Nations doctors were allowed to enter Nasser hospital in Khan Younis after the Israeli military raided the facility. Israel said it had intelligence indicating that hostages kidnapped by Hamas were held there but none were found during the raid. Photo: The World Health Organization

TEL AVIV—The Israeli army is expanding a road across central Gaza to facilitate its military operations, part of its plans to maintain security control over the enclave for some time, according to defense officials.

The gravel-paved road is one of a number of Israeli efforts to reshape the topography of the Gaza Strip—and give its military freedom of movement and a tighter grasp on the territory that was the launchpad for the Oct. 7 attack that killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel and sparked the current conflict.

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Even among those who condemn it, there is little consensus about what constitutes antisemitism. Is it disdain for Jews as a faith community or as a people? Is it motivated by hatred of doctrine or ethnicity? Opinion.

By Stephen Bryen, ASIA TIMES                                 20 February 2024

According to Ukraine State Police The Russians attacked Selydove late in the evening on February 13. They hit a five-story building in which 12 apartments were completely destroyed, with people trapped under the rubble. Photo: Ukraine State Police

Washington has fondly hoped that it could bring about regime change in Russia. Now it seems even more likely that there will be regime change, but not in Russia – in Kiev.

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In ’48 Ben Gurion defied all odds and took on the world and won. Bibi is facing most the the world that opposes Israel and may even have to ignore a UNSC resolution ceasefire.  He should maintain his call for Total Victory.

By Malcolm Dash

Ever since assuming power, Netanyahu has been subject to irrational hate and abuse from Post Zionist radical progressive elites. And for many of those years he’s been on trial for what many reputable legal experts claim are deeply flawed, politically trumped-up charges.

The Prime Minister could have avoided this debilitating legal ordeal if he had consented to a plea bargain and stepped away from the national political scene. However, he has been resolute in trying to establish his innocence. Only a few select leaders possess the fortitude necessary to shoulder the responsibility of governing a nation while  dealing with a taxing trial, deflecting daily, harsh media criticism, public demonstrations, and a vacuous political opposition.

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B. Kalman:  The author makes a patient, understated analysis of the decision making in the Biden DoD and it is a devastating critique.  It is difficult to believe this is the same military that was once considered the greatest in the world.

If the Biden Team stopped the flow of funds to Iran and used DI-EFIL effectively, the “Military” instrument of power wouldn’t be needed.

By John Mills, GATEWAY PUNDIT                          20 February 2024

USS Eisenhower/ Image United States Navy

Since the Jan. 28 drone attack on Tower 22 in Jordan and the Nov. 19, 2023 seizure of the M/V Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea, a routinized normalcy of air and missile strikes by mainly U.S. forces has developed. Normalcy and routine can’t be found in Clausewitzian principles or Sun Tzu’s writings.

Normalcy and routine are the antithesis of “offense” and “momentum”—key elements of Clause-Tzuian tenets. “They hit us a bit, we hit them back a bit” isn’t a roadmap or strategy to a positive end state. There are multiple instruments of national power to leverage in the achievement of national objectives.

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Cases of a blood clot condition called CVST were found to be three times higher than expected among the vaccinated.

By Naveen Athrappully, EPOCH TIMES   2/19/2024
A health care worker fills a syringe with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in a file image. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

A multinational study of over 99 million vaccinated people has identified higher incidences of neurological, cardiovascular, and blood disorder complications than what the researchers expected.

The peer-reviewed observational cohort study, published in the Vaccine journal on Feb. 12, aimed to evaluate the risk of 13 adverse events of special interest (AESI) following COVID-19 vaccination. The AESIs spanned three categories—neurological, hematologic (blood), and cardiovascular.

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B. Kalman: This incident is in keeping with the pattern in Western former-democracies which have been taken over by martial law and globalist predators: There is no concern for democratic norms, nor for the legal rights of individual citizens. Instead, those in command care only for the maintenance of their power. They support violent criminals at the expense of law abiding citizens and patriots. Their goal is to maximize chaos which will ultimately allow them to justify total martial law and the institution of CBDCs and social credit systems like those of the CCP.

By Lord Austin, Former Labor Minister, Daily Mail  18 Feb 2024

Housing has long been an issue close to my heart. Back in 1989, I started work at COPEC, a housing charity in Birmingham. And later I served as Labour’s housing minister when we made massive progress in tackling rough sleeping.

I was therefore delighted last year to be appointed to chair Midland Heart, one of the country’s leading housing associations.

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A senior administration told Reuters they didn’t believe ‘a rush to a vote is necessary or constructive’

By Benjamin Weinthal Fox News    February 19, 2024 

President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AP | Getty Images)

JERUSALEM — The Biden administration is reportedly taking its goal of a temporary cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war to the U.N. Security Council as early as Tuesday.

The administration is said to have proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution which in part would call for a temporary cease-fire and call on Israel not to go into Rafah in the Gaza Strip.

According to Reuters, the U.S. text states in part that it “determines that under current circumstances a major ground offensive into Rafah would result in further harm to civilians and their further displacement including potentially into neighboring countries.”

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By Michelle Nichols,  Reuters  February 19

Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kosay Al Nemer/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, according to the text seen by Reuters.

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Defense minister says terror group’s Khan Younis Brigade ‘has been defeated’ while remaining forces hang on single IDF decision; ‘There’s no one coming to their aid – no Iranians, no international assistance’

By Yoav Zitun, YNET                                                        18 February 2024

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during Sunday’s situation assessment at Southern Command /Defense Ministry

During a situation assessment at the Southern Command, Gallant said that Hamas was shopping around to determine who would control the Gaza Strip, as “Hamas’ Gaza operation is unresponsive, without local leadership for dialogue, prompting external leaders to seek a new internal head.”

Gallant added that in a major blow to Hamas’ military capability, 200 terrorists surrendered at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, with additional dozens surrendering at Amal Hospital in the same area. He stated that these surrenders indicate a significant loss of morale among Hamas operatives.

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By Tom Nash                                                                        18 February 2024

After that period, the Israeli military will shift to a more targeted phase 

By JOSHUA MARKS

Israeli forces during operational activity in the Gaza Strip on Feb. 10, 2024. Credit: IDF.

(February 19, 2024 / JNS)  Jerusalem expects intense fighting to continue in Gaza for another six to eight weeks, including in Rafah city, before scaling back the war effort, Reuters reported on Monday.

“Military chiefs believe they can significantly damage Hamas’s remaining capabilities in that time, paving the way for a shift to a lower-intensity phase of targeted airstrikes and special forces operations,” the report stated, citing two Israeli officials and two regional officials familiar with the strategy.

Despite international concerns about potential civilian casualties in Gaza’s southernmost city, Jerusalem is determined to proceed with the ground operation in Rafah, according to the Israel Defense Forces Hamas’s last bastion in the Strip.

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