Indonesia’s overflowing hospitals are using the anti-parasite drug despite its unproven efficacy against Covid-19

By John McBeth, ASIA TIMES

A package of Harsen’s Ivermectin medication. Image: Facebook

JAKARTA – Still under police investigation for the alleged illegal importation last year of the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to use as a potential weapon against the Covid-19 pandemic, philanthropist Haryoseno has learned a bitter lesson. “In this world,” he says, “to do good and help people isn’t easy.”

As the owner of pharmaceutical firm Harsen Laboratories, Haryoseno’s crime was to hand out free samples of Ivermectin, mostly to charitable groups, while he waited more than a year for the government to issue him with a license to manufacture and sell the drug.

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My family lived in Jerusalem long before Arab Bedouin and fellahin immigrated from Syria, Egypt, and Arabia. They were driven out. Op-ed.

By Dr. Michael L. Wise , Jul 23 , 2021

David Street, Old City

UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency is a major obstacle to peace between Israel and its neighbors. The UNRWA Deputy Commissioner Leni Stenseth last month “offered condolences” on behalf of her agency for what Palestinians lost “in this latest Israeli aggression.”

In 2018, in contrast, Secretary Pompeo maintained that “most Palestinians under UNRWA’s jurisdiction aren’t refugees, and UNRWA is a hurdle to peace and should be dismantled.”

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He left a disturbing legacy of inexcusable violence, but endures as a humanized figure of intense fascination for the American public.

By Larry Greenfield, JJ

In his autobiography “Being Oscar: From Mob Lawyer to Mayor of Las Vegas,” Oscar Goodman recounts his 35 years as famed criminal defense lawyer for Jewish gangsters Meyer Lansky, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, on whom the character “Ace Rothstein” was based in the movie “Casino.”

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The United States will continue to support the YPG despite Turkey’s objections, a top U.S. State Department official said. “I think at this stage we have mostly agreed to disagree,” U.S. Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said on July 21, referring to the disagreement between the United States and Turkey with regards to the group’s role in Syria.

Duvar English  (TURKEY’S OWN INDEPENDENT GAZETTE)

US troops and YPG members are seen together during a joint patrol in northeastern Syria in this 2018-dated file photo.

U.S. Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said that the United States would continue supporting the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) despite Turkey’s objections.

“I think at this stage we have mostly agreed to disagree,” she said on July 21, adding that the Kurdish-led fighters have proved very effective to ensure security in Syria in the fight against ISIS.

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In a special interview to Israel Hayom, NSO Group co-founder and CEO Shalev Hulio says the latest affair was created by “Qatar or the BDS movement – maybe both,” and stresses that NSO Group does not maintain lists of targets. “If anyone uses our software to spy on journalists, they won’t be a customer anymore.”

By  Yoav Limor, TOI

NSO Group co-founder and CEO Shalev Hulio | Courtesy: NSO Group

NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio welcomes the decision to look into claims that various governments used the company’s attack software to spy on tens of thousands of clients, including politicians, journalists, and human rights activists.

“We’ll be very happy if there is an investigation into the affair, because we’ll be able to clear our name,” Hulio says in an interview to the Israel Hayom weekend supplement.

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The point about the attack by Ben & Jerry’s, as with all boycotts of Israel, is that the main issue is not the boycott. It’s the thinking behind it.Op-ed.

By Melanie Phillips, INN , Jul 23 , 2021 9:52 AM

(JNS) In attempting to defend itself against persistent bigotry, the Jewish Diaspora repeatedly thinks with its heart, rather than its head, and consequently misses the key point.

Ben & Jerry’s has announced that it will stop selling its ice-cream in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, areas that it regards as illegally occupied by Israel.

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Israeli, UK data offer mixed signals on vaccine’s potency against Delta strain

Coronavirus Cabinet reimposes ‘green pass’ limits, limiting entry to gyms, synagogues, restaurants, events, to the vaccinated, recovered.

By David Rosenberg , INN    Jul 22 , 2021

Israel’s Coronavirus Cabinet voted Thursday to reimpose the ‘green pass’ system, limiting entry to some public venues to the vaccinated and recovered COVID patients.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett convened the Coronavirus Cabinet, after the meeting was delayed for several days, at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, following a call by the Health Ministry to bring back the ‘green pass’ system in the hopes of curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

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M. Diamond. Through much of my life I have thanked my lucky stars for having been born in Canada.  The economic opportunities combined with excellent educational systems, an interesting and variable climate, and a strong values system which I not only benefitted from but attempted to influence in positive ways- all these things and more allowed me to feel not just comfortable with my Canadian identity but proud and excited to be Canadian.   That sense of goodness was enhanced over the years as I looked south to the US, which as the world’s economic leader, and the leader of the West, as well as a challenged internal history, has often had its challenges to deal with.  By comparison we seemed to have the best of all worlds.

And while the US continues to have its challenges,  increased with greater challenges, the evident polarization of the political class as well as much of the native population, along with material challenges of illegal immigration and the like,  my smugness as a Canadian is no longer evident.  I still focus a good deal on the US, as I believe that many of their challenges are our challenges, either now or very soon.  But Canada itself is showing that it needs a good deal of help.   I came across this article by anthropologist and international do-gooder Geoffrey Clarfield which captured by concerns well, and share it with you.  If you agree, and more importantly if you don’t agree, please share your comments… if I get enough of them I will put together a compendium of comments and share them as well.

Note that Clarfield does not actually have a solution to offer at least not in this short article. For my part, the solutions are varied and include a Conservative opposition which provides a reasonable option to the governing Liberals, together with an increasing role of the citizens of the country in responding to that which they know to be wrong or inappropriate.  Not included in the article is a reference to the dramatic increase in acts of Jew hatred in Canada from levels which were already on a per capita basis the highest of any acts of hatred against any ethnic group in the country.  That has me and many others in the Jewish community wondering about where Canada is truly headed.

By Geoffrey Clarfield, EPOCH TIMES     July 21, 2021

I lived in two developing African countries for 16 years: Kenya and Tanzania. Despite their countries having been wracked by tribalism, corrupting Marxist ideologies, and violence, when you get to know East Africans one on one and in small groups, you will find them looking for the joy of life, deeply appreciative of what they have, funny, down to earth, tolerant of strangers, yet loyal to family and clan and desirous of development.

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The PM wanted to make history, but regional and political realities intervened, and the alternate PM stepped in to defuse the crisis

By SHALOM YERUSHALMI, TOI 20 July 2021,

An Israeli police officer stands guard as a Jewish group walks near the Dome of the Rock Mosque atop the Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av (the ninth of Av), a day of fasting commemorating the destruction of the ancient Temples, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Yair Lapid proved on Monday that he’s much more than the alternate prime minister and minister of foreign affairs. He is the man who cut through the talk of a new policy regarding Jewish worship on the Temple Mount. It was he who spoke with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, after Bennett had issued an extraordinary statement hailing the “maintaining of Jewish worship” at the site, and explained that the publication was a mistake. And it was he who then marketed to journalists the message that there is no change to the status quo on the Temple Mount, Bennett’s announcement notwithstanding.

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By John Dietrich, AM THINKER

Over two dozen people were killed during the Antifa and BLM protests in 2020.  It is routinely reported that “five people died as a result” of the Jan. 6 disturbance.  This is a totally accurate statement, however, it is still misleading.  Only one of the deceased died as a result of violence.  She was actually murdered by a government official. Relating these deaths allows the media to routinely describe Jan. 6 as a “deadly insurrection” as opposed to the “mostly peaceful” protests by Antifa and BLM.  Prior to Jan. 6, Trump supporters had held dozens of mass rallies without burning cities or murdering people.  This was a major embarrassment for the Deep State.  Media coverage of the Jan. 6 event has been largely successful in minimizing that embarrassment.  This was a major Deep State coup and the planning and execution of this “insurrection” reveals a disturbing relationship between the government and radical groups. The FBI did not only fail to adequately prevent the disturbance, they appear to have actively facilitated it. The FBI and radical leftists are branches of the Deep State.

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By Daniel Greenfield | Frontpage Mag

All you can say about Biden’s nomination of Tamara Cofman Wittes as Assistant Administrator for USAID’s Middle East arm is that she’s not quite as bad as Hady Amr: a foaming at the mouth supporter of terrorism picked as Biden’s point man for Israel’s conflict with the terrorists.

But, it ought to go without saying, Tamara Cofman Wittes is bad. She’s an opponent of Israel and a supporter of the Islamic terrorists.
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T. Belman. Excellent review.  I agree entirely. But more must be said. The central character is a hedonist.  She believes in fun and  freedom.  Judaism on the other hand gives meaning to life and values to live by.  No where in this series, as far as I have watched it, does she pit the value of an orthodox life against her valueless unorthodox life.  To her being a hedonist is the be all and end all of life.  In order to vindicate her choices, she finds the need to get others to make the same choices. She can’t go it alone.  Nor can she ignore what orthodox Judaism is about.  She must denigrate it to vindicate her choices.

Beyond the outright lies, it becomes clear during the show that one of its main goals is to pull Jews away from Judaism. Op-ed.

By Lauren Isaacs, INN , Jul 22 , 2021 7:41 AM

The new Netflix series, My Unorthodox Life, is a reality show about a formerly religious Jewish woman and her family, and the current secular lives that they live. The show’s main character describes her difficult journey from religious Jew in a somewhat closed community to entrepreneur, model agent aficionado, and all around female superstar.

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These three kids are terrific. Amala even more so.
Notice they aren’t reading from scripts. They are extremely prepared so they can give their opinions off the cuff.

T. Belman. She reminds us not to trust polls. They usually have a political agenda.

Tierney News: “A new study analyzed nearly 3,000 polls including over 500 national Presidential polls and found that they ALL routinely OVERSTATED support for Democrats by 4%!  Fox News is the worst offender! Their polls are ALL fake.”

Polls do not report on reality, they are used to shape reality.

“Our support for Israel has no bounds, has no jurisdiction. We go where the fight is. If it’s in politics, we’re there; if it’s on campus, our students are there. If it’s on social media, our employees are there,” said Sandra Hagee Parker.

BY Dmitriy Shapiro, jns

Sandra Hagee Parker, chair of the CUFI Action Fund. Credit: CUFI.

(July 21, 2021 / JNS) Speaking at Christian’s United for Israel’s 2021 summit in Dallas on Monday, Sandra Hagee Parker, chair of the CUFI Action Fund and daughter of CUFI founder Pastor John Hagee, the organization’s advocacy wing, said with some force that the multiple polls indicating waning support for Israel among evangelicals are false.

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