America went from the freest country in the world in December 2019 to a repressive and frightening place by July 2021. How did that happen?

By Victor Davis Hanson, AM GREATRNESS

Nations have often gone mad in a matter of months. The French abandoned their supposedly idealistic revolutionary project and turned it into a monstrous hell for a year between July 1793 and 1794. After the election of November 1860, in a matter of weeks, Americans went from thinking secession was taboo to visions of killing the greatest number of their fellow citizens on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. Mao’s China went from a failed communist state to the ninth circle of Dante’s Inferno, when he unleashed the Cultural Revolution in 1966.

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By Eileen F. Toplansky, AM THINKER

President Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken has extended an invitation to two different United Nations Special Rapporteurs.  One deals with contemporary forms of racism while the other is concerned with minority issues. Binken also welcomed “the UN Human Rights Council’s adoption of a resolution that calls for action to combat systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the context of law enforcement.”

Last year both Rapporteurs “signed a UN Human Rights Council statement that called for ‘reparative intervention for historical and contemporary racial justice’ around the world”  because “[t]he protests [in the U.S. that] . . . , are a rejection of the fundamental racial inequality and discrimination that characterize life in the United States for black people, and other people of color.”

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T. Belman. The current status quo on the Temple Mount is unacceptable. The Temple Mount is the holiest Jewish site while the Al Aksa Mosque may not be the third holiest site in Islam. It all depends if it is the mosque referred to in the Koran as “the furthest Mosque”. Most political references to the Al-Aqsa Mosque date from the 12th century.

Israel reconquered the city in 1967 at which time Moshe Dayan gave the keys the Temple Mount to the Wakf  thereby ceding most Jewish rights there.

So far Israel has not been prepared to go to the mat on this or on preserving Area C for the Jews or on enforcing the rule of law over the Bedouins in the Negev.

Unnamed officials in premier’s office tell outlet he meant to say Jews have ‘freedom of visitation rights,’ not worship, after comments seemingly upend status quo

By TOI STAFF

A member of the Israeli security forces stands guard as a group of Jews enters the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, during the annual Tisha B’Av fast day, on July 18, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

Unnamed officials in the office of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday walked back comments that appeared to mark a stark shift from Israel’s policy of maintaining the status quo at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Temple Mount, now asserting that the premier had meant both Jews and Muslims have “freedom of visitation rights” at the holy site.

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by Victor Sharpe   From September 29, 2010 

As Jews are vilified in the universities and colleges for support of Israel, it is good to remember the major contributions Jews have made to this country, beginning in their early years on these welcoming shores.

When the subject of Jewish American contributions to American society and culture is discussed few ordinary Americans, and surprisingly few scholars, are aware Jews resided in North America long before America’s Revolution against British rule.

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Regavim movement responds to Lapid’s announcement postponement of evacuation of illegal Bedouin town: Did someone say “government of change?”

ARUTZ SHEVA

Following Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s announcement on Sunday that a formal request has been made to postpone the evacuation of the Bedouin town of Khan Al Ahmar, the Regavim movement is calling upon Prime Minister Bennett: “Pull yourself together and demonstrate who is really the head of this government. Evacuate Khan al Ahmar today.”

“Did someone say ‘government of change?’” Regavim said in a statement.

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T. Belman.  During the conference on the Jordan Option , I raised the issue of the Temple Mount in my interview of Mudar. I put it to him that while the Al Aksq Mosques was holy to Muslims , that the Temple Mount itself was holy to Jews.  I suggested that the Wakf should be limited to the land adjacent to the Mosque and the rest of the TM should be reserved for Jews. Mudar said that he had no interest in the TM and that Israel should appoint a Wakf from among Israeli Muslims.

Its good to see that Bennett is moving the needle.

Network airs footage of daily sessions being held in the compound, with police turning a blind eye, in what would appear to be a reversal of decades-long policy

By TOI STAFF          17 July 2021, 11:48 pm  

Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, as reported by Channel 12 news, on July 17, 2021. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Israel has quietly started allowing Jewish prayers on the Temple Mount in recent months, in what would appear to be a major change to the status quo that has existed at the holy site since the Jewish state captured the Old City of Jerusalem from Jordan during 1967’s Six Day War, according to a report Saturday.

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?@TheEconomist gets it right
We, the Opposition/JOC, have our hands in the Army, agencies,even the king's office
"DISSENT IS SEEPING INTO THE HEART OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF”
“King’s meeting with Biden may offer him a photo op. It will not cure Jordan’s ills”https://t.co/nHbt2OFOMx

— Mudar Zahran ??? ????? (@Mudar_Zahran) July 18, 2021

By Dr. James M. Dorsey, BESA July 18, 2021

King Abdullah II of Jordan, image by World Economic Forum via Wikipedia

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: King Abdullah will be visiting President Joe Biden at the White House on July 19. By granting the Jordanian monarch the honor of being the first Arab leader to visit the new president, the US administration is putting wind in Jordan’s sails as it seeks to fend off Saudi claims regarding custodianship of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem.

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M. Ordman. This week’s newsletter includes articles about Israelis working to make life better for those lacking the sense of touch, sight and hearing. But there are also many examples of the achievements of Israelis who are sensitive to the needs of diabetics, heart patients, disaster victims, abused animals, the environment and the disadvantaged.

The Jewish State in its true light.
In the 18th July 21 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• Israeli tech restores the sense of touch and helps the blind to “see”.
• Celebrating Israel’s first deaf MK and its first visually impaired doctor.
• Israel’s second moonshot project gets huge funding boost.
• Israeli scientists have made another breakthrough in nano-optics.
• Israeli technology to pollinate a million Australian tomato plants.
• Three archaeological discoveries cement the Jewish link to the Land of Israel.
• President Herzog is inaugurated.

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By Victor Rosenthal

Argumentum ad consequentiam – Concluding that an idea or proposition is true or false because the consequences of it being true or false are desirable or undesirable.

Micah Goodman believes that there is, at least today, no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But he has a plan:

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By Amil Imani, NEWS WITH VIEWS    |July 18th, 2021

Who are we? We are patriots. We are Americans. We are individuals dedicated to resist tyranny, lies and the propaganda of the media, high tech companies and voter fraud for what it is. We believe in the sanctity of the elections and sanctity of life. There are millions of us who are willing to sacrifice the comforts of life just to sound the alarm. We believe the US Constitution is the law of the land.

The Declaration of Independence is an important part of American democracy because first it covers the ideals and purposes of our nation.

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For Second Week in a Row:  According to CDC and VAERS Websites

By Jim Hoft, GATEWAY PUNDIT   July 17, 2021 at 7:20am

The VAERS website released its weekly numbers on Friday.

There are now 11,140 reported deaths from the COVID vaccine in the United States.

This is up from 9,125 reported deaths from the COVID-19 vaccinations total from last week.

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Dr. Robert Malone, a pioneer in the field of mRNA vaccines, shared a viral Twitter thread on Friday which lays out a disturbing trend; the most-vaccinated countries in the world are experiencing  a surge in COVID-19 cases, while the least-vaccinated countries are not.

“This is worrying me quite a bit,” tweeted Malone, embedding the lengthy thread authored by Twitter user @holmenkollin (Corona Realism) via the ‘thread reader’ app.

T. Belman.  I am in the middle of watching this show. I find it entertaining but disturbing.  Yes Julia is a disaffected Orthodox Jew who has left the fold for freedom.  For her, freedom is the highest value. Anything goes it would appear. And I am sure that there are many orthodox women who, like her,  bristle at the restrictions. On the other hand there are many who rejoice in them and their roles as mothers and custodians of a good Jewish home.

So this show showcases her values and not the values of the orthodox community which itself is not monolithic. The Modern Orthodox follow the 613 mitzvat and also go to university and are not isolated  Then there are the Hareidi who don’t want to have intercourse with the outside world which precludes them from university and and many jobs.

As a person who has lived in both worlds, I can attest to the fact that many if not most orthodox love their life and their values. For them serving God is the highest value and such service is considered liberating.

“Before you judge the show, maybe you might want to watch the show?” Haart responded to those who say the reality TV series is cheap shots against Orthodoxy.

By SHIRA HANAU/JTA JULY 17, 2021 21:37

JULIA HAART in ‘My Unorthodox Life.’

The day “My Unorthodox Life” premiered on Netflix, its subject Julia Haart was frustrated by the negative reviews — especially those from Jews who live the way she once did.

“Before you judge the show, maybe you might want to watch the show?” Haart told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Wednesday, responding to those who say the reality TV series is only the latest in a series of pop culture cheap shots against Orthodoxy.<
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by Charles “Sam” Faddis,  ANDMAGAZINE  July 16, 2021

Ever since the November 2020 election the Democratic Party machine and its propaganda arm – the so-called mainstream media – has pushed a predictable narrative. ‘There was no fraud. Biden won. Trump lost. Nothing to see here. Move along.’

Any suggestions to the contrary are branded as dangerous disinformation. ‘They cannot be taken seriously. These are simply conspiracy theories that no reasonable person would take entertain.’

This is the same kind of tactic used to prevent any inquiry into the origins of COVID-19. It is failing just as that did. The facts will come out. There is too much information now that establishes beyond any doubt that there was electoral fraud and it occurred on a massive scale.
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by: Ethan Huff, NATURAL NEWS     July 13, 2021

(Natural News) The vast majority of people who are getting injected for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) will die within a few short years from heart failure, warns Dr. Charles Hoffe, M.D., a medical practitioner in British Columbia, Canada.

In one of his latest updates, Dr. Hoffe explains that he is observing in his patients who took an mRNA (messenger RNA) “vaccine” from either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna that their capillaries are now plugging up, which he says will eventually lead to a serious cardiovascular event.

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T. Belman. I disagree with many things that were said here but not with the fact that it is happening.