Reader’s Links for February 18th, 2024

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54 Replies to “Reader’s Links for February 18th, 2024”

  1. Charlie Angus, a longstanding New Democratic Party MP representing the Timmins-James Bay region in Canada, has introduced a provocative private member’s bill this week, known as the Fossil Fuel Advertising Act or C-372. Essentially, this act aims to impose penalties, including imprisonment, on those found publicly advertising praise of fossil fuels, even if their statements are based on accepted scientific facts.

    https://reclaimthenet.org/canada-ndp-proposed-speech-law-calls-to-jail-those-that-praise-fossil-fuels

  2. This week’s Law Bytes podcast features a revealing discussion with Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne, the chief architect and lead defender of Bill S-210 or the Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act. It may be the most dangerous Internet bill you’ve never heard of since it contemplates measures that raise privacy concerns, website blocking, and extend far beyond pornography sites to include search and social media. The bill started in the Senate and is now in the House of Commons, where last year Conservative, NDP, and Bloc MPs voted alongside a small number of Liberal MPs in favour of it at second reading and sent it to committee for further study. The government has called the bill “fundamentally flawed”, but there may be sufficient House support to turn it into binding legislation.

    https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/01/bill-s-210-is-just-the-beginning-how-a-canadian-digital-lobby-group-is-promoting-a-standard-to-foster-widespread-adoption-of-age-verification-technologies-in-canada/

      • On Monday Environment Minister, Steven Guillbeault asked; “Do we really need to produce anymore music? I feel humanity has pretty well covered what a guitar or trumpet can do; why waste scarce energy to continue heating concert halls or power tour buses”?

        I don’t know what to fear more, his mental stability or Canadian citizens mental stability for allowing this global mixed up clown to stay in office.

  3. Martin Armstrong on USA Watchdog. While he has a checkered past I find he often comes at things from a slightly different angle, with his own logic. Among his points:

    -the stock market will go up because of a debt rebellion
    -the migrant invasion and accompanying violence will be used as an excuse to lock us down again
    -distrust in government is becoming more common as a result of Covid lies

    https://usawatchdog.com/2024-the-year-from-political-hell-martin-armstrong/

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion——- Global Migration Plan——This is the Utopia Klaus Schwab promises the World.

  4. Ron Ben-Yishai:
    Explosions in Iran mark a new stage in the conflict with Tehran

    Analysis: The fact strikes attributed to Israel in Iran aimed at harming the country’s oil and chemical plants means a new tactic is being employed against its economy instead of field commanders

    Iran’s oil and gas industry, including petrochemical plants that process crude oil into various products, is the most important economic factor in the country. Not only do the Iranian government’s revenues come mostly from these industries, but it also supplies energy needs and petroleum and gas products to the local market, which supports over 83 million people….

    The Iranians have been waging an active war against Israel since Oct. 7 through its proxies: Hizbullah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria. Iran not only directs its proxies on when and how much to harm Israel, but it also provides them with the weapons and military intelligence necessary to strike Israel during wartime.

    Israel’s rationale behind its alleged moves is that Iranian citizens should pay the price if Israeli citizens in the north of the country can’t return to their homes and if residents of Eilat are forced to stay in shelters. Iranian residents need to know that the regime’s aggressive policy also affects them directly.

    Moreover, in recent months, elimination of officers in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards who operated Shiite militias in Syria or aided Hizbullah in firing its weapons systems have been attributed to Israel.

    These moves, if carried out by Israel, were intended to make it clear to the Iranians that they would pay the price for such actions. It’s possible that when Israeli officials understood… that direct targeting of senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commands in Syria wasn’t enough, whoever decided to act did so by inflicting a painful blow on Iran’s economy and daily life.

    This may be just the beginning; Israel still holds back from targeting Iranian oil production and exports – which is at the heart of Iran’s economy.

    Meanwhile, Israel does what the United States is still unwilling to do – even though it knows that Shiite militias in Iraq and the Houthis in Yemen are being directly operated from Tehran – albeit without taking responsibility – as claimed by The New York Times.

    https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjhj00xcs6#autoplay

    • In the last two minutes Bibi suggests that reporters seek answers to questions of vital national interest instead of furthering the enemies’ agenda.

      He’s extra-gentle, demonstrating the main point of his speech: We’re UNITED in a moral cause that’s existential to Israelis, diaspora Jews, and people who value LIFE everywhere. THAT’S why we’re winning.

      Israeli media – after a spell of brief paralysis – is at it again. Trying clever tricks: hostages über alles, we don’t stand a chance on the battlefield, we can’t survive without the USA and its satellites, Bibi’s turning the USA against us…

      Bibi’s mild challenge to these so-called journalists: Look into who’s paying for all this expensive advertising that’s normalizing jooo-hate around the world.

      We’ve got some ideas.
      Arutz Sheva published this editorial in January:
      Who is funding the antisemitic pro-Hamas rallies in NY?

      Money is donated, checks are signed and supporting genocide of Jews is facilitated.
      https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/383731

      What about cryptocurrency?

      • Yes, what about cryptocurrency financing terrorism? How virtuous is this faux money when it is inverted, working to kill?

  5. Texas Is Putting a Forward Operating Base in Eagle Pass, Giving Troops a Huge Advantage
    by Laura Wellington, The Western Journal Feb. 18, 2024 7:30 am170 Comments

    Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas is taking a long-term approach to controlling illegal immigration at the southern border. He isn’t merely plugging along just until the 2024 election returns Trump to the Oval Office — if it does.

    Abbott doesn’t have that luxury. He’s been in politics long enough to know that anything can happen. Thus, he needs to act as if nothing will, beyond what is already occurring.

    Texas is being invaded and the rest of the country has been inundated with spillover problems as the Biden administration intentionally fails to secure the border. With every new body that enters our nation illegally, the Democrats are adding to their voter base. So why would they stop the flow?

    They are making it hard on Abbott for a reason, and, in turn, on the state law enforcement and Texas National Guard, which he had to deploy to take charge of the situation. Abbott is fighting a two-front war, at the border and in Washington, D.C., and he has decided to officially set up shop to make it more comfortable for the soldiers forced to be on the front lines.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/texas-putting-forward-operating-base-eagle-pass-giving/

  6. New Book Claims Biden Doesn’t Think He Did Anything Wrong in Botched Withdrawal From Afghanistan
    by Mike LaChance Feb. 18, 2024 8:15 am

    A new book claims that behind closed doors, Biden doesn’t think he did anything wrong in his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, that left 13 service members dead and saw Afghans clinging to the wheel wells of departing American airplanes.

    This is an excellent reminder of just how detached from reality Biden is right now. His poll numbers cratered after the withdrawal and have never recovered.

    Americans across the country were horrified by how the withdrawal was handled and outraged by the deaths and the amount of equipment that was left behind in the process.

    FOX News reports:

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/new-book-claims-biden-doesnt-think-he-did/

  7. Here We Go: CDC Confirms Mysterious Outbreak on Cruise Ship Infecting Over 150 Passengers and Crews (VIDEO)
    by Jim H?ft Feb. 18, 2024 9:00 am311 Comments

    The luxury ocean liner Queen Victoria became the center of an unknown outbreak after 129 passengers and 25 crew members were struck by an unidentified gastrointestinal illness, causing symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting during its grand 107-night world voyage.

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported earlier this month that the widespread sickness has been ongoing throughout the ship’s journey, which sailed from Southampton, U.K., on January 11 and is set to conclude its voyage there on April 24.

    The itinerary includes visits to several exotic destinations, including Cape Town, South Africa, and Hong Kong, China.

    It was when the ship docked in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 22 that the CDC began its remote monitoring of the health situation aboard.

    The Queen Victoria, belonging to the prestigious Cunard Cruise Line, left San Francisco, California, on Feb. 7 and arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Feb. 11.

    The latest figures released by the CDC are as follows:

    Cruise Line: Cunard Cruise Line
    Cruise Ship: Queen Victoria
    Voyage Dates: January 22 – February 6, 2024
    Voyage number: V405
    Ill passengers: 129 out of 1,824 (7.07%)
    Ill crew: 25 out of 967 (2.59%)
    Symptoms: Predominantly diarrhea and vomiting
    Causative agents: Unknown at this time

    In response, Cunard Cruise Line has increased onboard cleaning and disinfection procedures, isolated those who are sick, and notified current and future passengers and crew members of the situation as part of its outbreak prevention and response plan.

    Cunard Line, in a statement to the New York Times, acknowledged the outbreak and stated that it activated its “enhanced health and safety protocols” to ensure the well-being of all onboard. The company asserts that these measures have been effective in controlling the situation.

    Despite the outbreak, many passengers spoke to NBC Bay Area during the ship’s stop in San Francisco and expressed little concern, according to Global News.

    Despite the circumstances, several travelers interviewed by NBC declared their intention to remain onboard for the rest of the journey. The Queen Victoria currently carries over 1,800 passengers and nearly 970 crew members.

    The CDC urges cruise passengers to practice caution in new environments, especially where large groups gather. Key advice includes frequent handwashing, staying hydrated, and getting adequate rest. They emphasize the importance of reporting sickness immediately and isolating from others to prevent further spread.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/here-we-go-cdc-confirms-mysterious-outbreak-cruise/

  8. Top Border Patrol Doctor Allegedly Pressured Staff to Order “Fentanyl Lollipops” for UN General Assembly, Whistleblower Claims
    by Jim H?ft Feb. 18, 2024 9:15 am165 Comments

    A whistleblower report submitted to Congress on Friday alleges that the chief medical officer of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Dr. Alexander Eastman, pressured employees to acquire fentanyl lollipops under the guise of needing them for emergency pain management during the United Nations General Assembly in New York held in September.

    According to the complaint, staff members were perplexed by Dr. Eastman’s insistence on obtaining the potent Schedule II narcotics, given the unusual nature of the request, NBC first reported.

    Dr. Eastman defended his actions, stating that it was his responsibility to ensure the wellbeing of any injured CBP agents, asserting the lollipops were to be used for critical pain relief situations.

    The whistleblowers said in the report that “Eastman spent copious hours of his and Office of the Chief Medical Officer staff time directing the OCMO staff to urgently help him procure fentanyl lollipops, a Schedule II narcotic, so that he could bring them on the CBP Air and Marine Operations helicopter on which he would be a passenger in New York City.”

    “Dr. Eastman claims that his possession of fentanyl lollipops was necessary in case a CBP operator might be injured, or in case the CBP Air and Marine Operations team encountered a patient in need.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/top-border-patrol-doctor-allegedly-pressured-staff-order/

  9. West Virginia Bill Seeks to Hold Librarians Criminally Liable for Allowing Children Access to Obscene Books
    by Cassandra MacDonald Feb. 18, 2024 9:45 am97 Comments

    A West Virginia bill seeks to hold librarians criminally liable for allowing children to access obscene books.

    House Bill 4654 was passed by the West Virginia House of Delegates last week with a vote of 85-12.

    The bill will now move to the state Senate for consideration.

    Bill sponsor Del. Brandon Steele gave a fiery speech before members of the House Committee on the Judiciary on Monday, during which he reportedly said libraries were “the sanctuary for pedophilia” and that people need to be held accountable for exposing children to adult content.

    “I’m voting to protect children from being groomed and targeted by pedophiles and get rid of the sanctuary that was set up in our code 25 years ago,” Steele said.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/west-virginia-bill-seeks-hold-librarians-criminally-liable/

  10. Does Anyone Believe This?… New York Governor Tells Businesses “They Have Nothing to Fear” After Democrat Leaders Fleece Donald Trump of $355 Million
    by Jim Hoft Feb. 18, 2024 11:00 am310 Comments

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul attempted to reassure business owners in New York that they have nothing to fear after the state’s Attorney General fleeced $355 million from President Trump for running a business in the state.

    Hochul told John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM where she was asked if other New York businesspeople should be worried that if “they can do that to the former president, they can do that to anybody.”

    According to Hochul: “I think that this is really an extraordinary unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior.”

    Good luck with that, Kathy. Trump was fined for taking out loans, paying them back on time and with interest. The banks said they would be happy to loan him money in the future and there were no victims in the made-up crime.

    Does that put any business owner at ease? In New York City you now have excessive tax rates, record crime, and NOW you have to worry about the politicians fining you for $355 million for running a business in the state.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/does-anyone-believe-this-new-york-governor-tells/

  11. Hamas Suspends Hostage Deal Talks and Demands Aid, Arab Media Reports

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    Palestinian group Hamas’ top leader, Ismail Haniyeh, gestures as he speaks during his visit at Ain el Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon September 6, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

    i24 News – In a recent statement published on Telegram, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh pointed fingers at Israel for the lack of advancement in reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, the terrorist group disclosed on Saturday.

    Yet, Arab media later reported that Hamas suspended all negotiation and ceasefire talks due to a demand for aid.

    Haniyeh emphasized Hamas’s consistent efforts to engage positively with mediators to halt aggression against the Palestinian people, end the unjust siege, and facilitate aid delivery, shelter, and reconstruction efforts.

    Despite Hamas’s purported flexibility in negotiations, Haniyeh lamented Israel’s perceived maneuvers and delays, which, he claimed, exacerbate the plight of the Palestinian population.

    Notably, one of the sticking points in the negotiations revolves around the release of prisoners held by Hamas, with the organization highlighting its previous concession of releasing hostages in exchange for security prisoners held in Israel for terrorism offenses.

    However, Haniyeh asserted that Hamas remains steadfast in its demands for a comprehensive ceasefire, including the cessation of aggression, withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, lifting of the siege, provision of safe shelter for displaced individuals, particularly in the northern Gaza Strip, and commitment to reconstruction efforts.

    The Hamas leader emphasized the importance of addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and ensuring the release of older prisoners and those serving long sentences as part of any potential prisoner exchange agreement.

    https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/02/17/hamas-suspends-hostage-deal-talks-and-demands-aid-arab-media-reports/

  12. Hochul tells NY businesses not to fear about Trump verdict: ‘Nothing to worry about’

    Lauren Irwin
    Sun, February 18, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. CST·2 min read

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) addressed New York business owners in a new interview and told them there was “nothing to worry about” after former President Trump was hit with a $355 million fine and the inability to conduct business in New York for three years.

    Hochul joined John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM where she was asked if other New York businesspeople should be worried that if “they can do that to the former president, they can do that to anybody.”

    “I think that this is really an extraordinary unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior,” Hochul responded.

    A New York judge on Friday ordered Trump to pay the massive sum in penalties in a civil fraud case. The decision came just weeks after closing arguments wrapped up a months-long trial after New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) sued Trump for alleging he falsely altered his net worth to receive tax and insurance benefits.

    The judge, Arthur Engoron, found Trump, the Trump Organization, top executives and his adult sons liable for fraud.

    Hochul said there was no way she would overrule Engoron’s decision because “we need a clear separation of powers.” She added that “that’s what was envisioned by our Founding Fathers.”

    The governor provided reassurance to New York businesses after the ruling. “By and large, they are honest people and they’re not trying to hide their assets and they’re following the rules,” she said of the people who own and conduct business in the New York City area.

    “And so this judge determined that Donald Trump did not follow the rules. He was prosecuted and truly, the governor of the state of New York does not have a say in the size of a fine, and we want to make sure that we don’t have that level of interference,” she said.

    https://ca.news.yahoo.com/hochul-tells-ny-businesses-not-120000351.html

  13. Michael Oren:
    The Core Conflict and the Jews

    Shortly after entering office, in 2009, President Barack Obama’s National Security Advisor, Lt. General Jim Jones made a startling pronouncement. “If God had appeared in front of the President and said he could do one thing on the planet,” he declared, “it would be the two-state solution.”

    That is, not eliminate global hunger, end the civil wars then raging across Africa and parts of the Middle East, not even find the cure for cancer. No, the one goal the White House sought above all others was the creation of an independent Palestinian state which would live side-by-side in peace with Israel…

    In the shadow of October 7th, even left-of-center Israelis regard the very idea of a Palestinian state as madness. Speaking at Davos, President Isaac Herzog, former head of the left wing Labor Party, asserted,

    “Nobody in his right mind is willing now to think about what will be the solution…Everybody wants to know: Can we be promised real safety in the future?”

    Why, Israelis ask, would the United States want to reward the Palestinians for committing and applauding terror?

    Yet President Joe Biden has proceeded to do exactly that. “We need to renew our resolve to pursue this two-state solution where Israelis and Palestinians can one day live side by side in a two-state solution…. Two states for two peoples. And it’s more important now than ever.”

    Not only Washington but virtually every state in the world – including China, Russia, India, Germany, France, and Britain – adopted an identical policy. UN Secretary General António Guterres rejected Israel’s right to object to the creation of a Palestinian State while Joseph Burrell, the European Union’s foreign minister, went further by calling for Palestinian statehood to be imposed on Israel…

    The United States did not go that far, but it definitely went deeper, specifying that the Palestinian state would be governed by a “revamped” or “revitalized” Palestinian Authority and never pose a threat to Israel. How this revitalization was to take place and by what criteria and by whom would the threat to Israel be measured remained unclear.

    Nor was it in any way certain that Israel would even be invited to help determine the nature of that Palestinian state. Indisputably, though, was the connection which the White House drew between the two-state solution and the resolution of the region’s other conflicts.

    “The Biden Doctrine,” as New York Times columnist {spit} Thomas Friedman {spit} dubbed it, calls for the conclusion of a Saudi-Israeli peace treaty and the construction of a regional front against Iran… contingent on the creation of a Palestinian state.

    A half million Syrians… Yemenis… and Sudanese… can be killed, but… Palestinians {remain] the nucleus. [The] signing of the Abraham Accords without the creation of a Palestinian state… definitively disproved linkage. That dogma, defying all logic and flying in the face of thirty years of facts, calls to mind another irrational, myth-based belief: Jew-hatred.

    https://claritywithmichaeloren.substack.com/p/the-core-conflict-and-the-jews

    • yucki, so many people that talk to me about Israel, cannot show me where it is on a map, but they can quote the MSM “experts”, their solutions. Grrrrr

      • Do the Christians know the location of the *Mt. Zion* in prayers is?

        Only recently have I read of Christians using the word “Zionist” as an ethnic slur. That has to be the Anti-Christ!

  14. CRYPTOCURRENCY ?!

    Congressman spotlights Washington Examiner report in speech urging Hamas-tied UNRWA’s defunding

    Rep. Tim Burchett (TN-02) gives a speech on the House floor on UNRWA ties to Hamas, crypto wallets being used for terrorist activity.

  15. More Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / global migration / bring down your miserable house from within

    New York Post
    Deadly Alliance Brewing Between MS-13 and Bloodthirsty Venezuelan Tren de Arabia behind New York Cellphone Robberies

    A brutal Venezuelan gang that has used the border crisis to set up in New York could join forces with the feared MS-13 gang.

    Tren de Aragua, which law enforcement is warning is rapidly expanding its criminal empire with a spate of brazen phone robberies in 5 boroughs is a priority for the FBI, agent John Morales said.

    Morales, the special agent in charge of EL Paso division in Texas, said the agency is closely monitoring Tren de Aragua’s growth and is concerned about it forming alliances with existing networks.

    The Post revealed Monday how the Venezuelan gang which established a bloody crime network across South America, is replicating its methods in New York, recruiting among new migrants at shelters to set up cellphone robbery gangs —-and using its international reach to traffic the phones to Columbia to be sold.

    They can clean out your bank account.

    Tren de Aragua has taken advantage of the explosion of Venezuelan migration to come across the US border last year —- more the 340,000. They are already coming across as hardened criminals.

    The border crisis has allowed Tren de Aragua members to enter the U.S. by claiming asylum.

    In the U.S., the gang has been making inroads in Chicago and Miami, where a gang member was recently arrested after the murder of a retired Venezuelan police officer

    The Peruvian capital, Lima, the gang murdered rival pimps and prostitutes to gain control of the sex trade, which brings in more than $275,000 a month El Paris reported.

    Hector Guerrero, aka El Niño Guerrero, is believed to escaped to the U.S.after the Venezuelan military raid on its headquarters inside Tocoron prison.

    MS-13 gang is believed to have over 10,000 members in the U.S.

    There is also a concern of a turf war.

  16. WAYNE ROOT: LET “THE GREAT NEW YORK CITY BOYCOTT” BEGIN. CONSERVATIVES TO NEW YORK: “DROP DEAD.”
    by Assistant Editor Feb. 18, 2024 12:00 pm185 Comments

    The greatest President of my lifetime, who loves this country and wants to make it great again, was just framed and publicly lynched by the government, politicians, prosecutors and court system of New York City.

    Trust me, New York City is going to wish they never played this game. They may not know it yet, but New York City just committed financial suicide.

    Stay tuned for a strategy to bring New York City to its knees.

    I was born and raised in New York. I graduated from Columbia University in New York City. My first apartment as an adult was in New York City. Even in the past three decades since I left, I’ve looked forward to my many business trips each year to New York.

    I’ve always been proud of being from New York. I’ve given business speeches around the world about using “New York Attitude” to enjoy mega-success in the business world. All ex-New Yorkers live forever in Billy Joel’s words, “in a New York state of mind.”

    Not anymore. New York is now dead to me.

    New York City has become a cesspool of mental illness, wokeness, communism, and hatred towards conservatives and patriots.

    Even worse, the Democrat politicians of New York suffer from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” As a result, they have weaponized New York government against President Trump in a way that represents a combination of Soviet KGB, East German Stasi, and Nazi Gestapo.

    The time to stop this madness is now- before it gets far worse. Today it’s Trump. Tomorrow it’s you and me. New York City must be made an example. So this never happens again in America.

    And I know how to do it.

    I wrote the books on how to stop this Marxist woke madness- by boycotting, punishing and defunding the companies on the left.

    Both my books were #1 bestsellers- “The Great Patriot Protest & Boycott Book” and “The Great Patriot BUY-cott Book.” The latter was endorsed by President Trump.

    So, this is my expertise. And it works! Look no further than what conservatives and patriots have done to Bud Light. We brought them to their knees like never before. Their brand lies in ruins. They may never recover.

    It’s time to make New York City the next Bud Light.

    The more Democrats try to destroy Trump with fake charges, the more popular he becomes. I’m betting there are now 100 million Americans on Trump’s side after the past year of government weaponization, persecution, indictments and judgements against the one man who stands in their way.

    How did we destroy Bud Light? 100 million conservative and patriotic Americans (an exact match with Trump’s base) all aimed our cannons at one company.

    That was the key: Teamwork, discipline, determination, patience. We can’t boycott everyone. We can’t afford to divide our focus. But if 100 million of us all row in the same direction, we can win this battle.

    We just proved that with Bud Light.But we can’t afford to divide our attention. Like Bud Light, let’s all focus on one city- New York City.

    All 100 million of us must boycott New York City. No more vacations there. No business trips. No more attending conventions. No Christmas trips to see the Rockettes and the tree at Rockefeller Center. No more clothes shopping on Fifth Avenue. No Broadway shows. No more spending at hotels or fancy restaurants. Just say, “NO!”

    Ask every store or online site you buy from, “Are you based in New York City?” If they are, find someone else to buy from.

    Truckers must stop all deliveries and shipments to New York City. If you own a business and sell supplies to stores in New York City, cut them off.

    But this isn’t just about a boycott. This is about intimidation. We must mentally crush them. Don’t just stop spending…

    LOUDLY AND PROUDLY, let them know why.

    Call all your favorite hotels, department stores, Broadway theatres, and restaurants in New York City, and let them know you will never spend another cent with them because of the way New York City treats President Trump. They need to be swamped with calls and emails. They need to know what kind of nightmare they’re facing.

    And for the final step, every conservative, Republican, patriot and Christian who lives in New York- get out now. Sell your home, your property, your business. Run for your life.

    Result? There goes the tax base. Without the business owners and high- income earners (ie Republicans and conservatives), who will pay the bills? Without your taxes, New York will starve.

    Besides, life is so much better in places like Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Phoenix, Nashville and Las Vegas. Taxes are much lower, houses are bigger, the sun is always out. And you are free to be a Republican or conservative without fear of being persecuted.

    Let “The Great New York City Boycott” begin.

    From now on, not one red cent for New York City. If all 100 million of us stick together…like we did with Bud Light…New York City will starve.

    As President Ford once said to New York City, “DROP DEAD.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/wayne-root-let-great-new-york-city-boycott/

    • NYPD Faces Unprecedented Surge in Violence: Over 5,300 Officers Assaulted in 2023 and 1,200 Injured in Just 90 Days
      by Sharika Soal Feb. 18, 2024 12:20 pm82 Comments

      In news that should be heard all around the world, liberals are hurting cops, and no one is being forced to apologize.

      Over the last quarter of 2023, 1,286 NYPD officers were injured in physical altercations with suspects. This brought the total to 5,363 cops wounded in 2023.

      The New York Post reports,

      The 40th Precinct in Mott Haven, the Bronx, was the most dangerous battleground, where 135 cops were injured during struggles with lawbreakers, the stats show.

      Next, with 129 injuries, was the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn, which covers East New York and Cypress Hills.

      “No real surprises here – all very busy commands where perps are emboldened to fight,” observed one law enforcement source.

      Radical protests, an influx of criminal migrants, bail reform, anti-cop rhetoric and soft-on-crime prosecutors is the brew that fuels the dangerous and disturbing trend, experts told The Post.

      Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry called the assaults on NYPD cops a “full-blown epidemic.” He added: “Even the simplest summonses are turning into all-out brawls. Our justice system needs to send a clear message, once and for all — is you assault a police officer, you will stay in jail.”

      The number of uniformed officers injured in attacks by suspects increased by 20% in 2022, from 3,933 in 2021 to 4,724 in 2022. A total of 5,363 attacks were reported in 2023, a 13% increase over last year (4,737)

      https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/nypd-faces-unprecedented-surge-violence-5300-officers-assaulted/

    • New York governor sorry for suggesting Israel would be justified in wiping out Gaza

      New York Governor Kathy Hochul apologized for remarks she made at a Jewish philanthropy event in New York City that went viral on social media and which suggested Israel had justification to destroy Gaza following the October 7 Hamas terror attack.

      “If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I’m sorry, my friends, there would be no Canada the next day…

      “That is a natural reaction. You have a right to defend yourself and to make sure that it never happens again. And that is Israel’s right….”

      On Friday, in a statement cited by The New York Times, Hochul said she regrets her “inappropriate analogy” and apologized for her “poor choice of words…

      “While I have been clear in my support of Israel’s right to self-defense, I have also repeatedly said and continue to believe that Palestinian civilian casualties should be avoided and that more humanitarian aid must go to the people of Gaza…”

      https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-york-governor-sorry-for-suggesting-israel-would-be-justified-in-wiping-out-gaza/

  17. DEVELOPING: 2 Minnesota Police Officers, One Paramedic Killed in Shootout While Responding to Domestic Incident
    by Cristina Laila Feb. 18, 2024 12:40 pm56 Comments

    Several Minnesota police officers were shot while responding to a domestic incident in Burnsville near the 12600 block of 33rd Avenue South.

    Two police officers and one paramedic were killed.

    According to reports, several children were inside the home at the time of the shootout.

    SWAT officers were on the scene. The SWAT vehicle had bullet holes in the windshield.

    “Several Burnsville police officers were shot — at least two officers and one first responder were killed — while responding to a domestic call.” – Fox 9 reported.

    Governor Tim Walz released a statement on the fatal shooting.

    “Horrific news from Burnsville. While responding to a call of a family in danger, two police officers and one firefighter lost their lives, and other officers were injured,” said Governor Walz. “We must never take for granted the bravery and sacrifices our police officers and first responders make every day. My heart is with their families today and the entire State of Minnesota stands with Burnsville.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/developing-2-minnesota-police-officers-one-paramedic-killed/

  18. EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Forces Army Reserve Troops in Midwest to Conduct Mock Exercise with Gov. Abbott’s “Drowning Migrants in the Rio Grande” and Texas Soldier Shooting Swimming Migrants Yelling “America First“ — A Violation of HATCH Act
    by Jim H?ft Feb. 18, 2024 1:00 pm0 Comments

    A group of Midwest-based U.S. Army Reserve legal offices (LODs) engaged in a mandatory weekend drill was thrust into a contentious political scenario that has since drawn sharp criticism and allegations of federal law violations.

    Earlier this month, the remote exercise conducted over Microsoft Teams took an unexpected turn when LOD commanders were handed a last-minute politically biased scenario and ordered to use this scenario to engage with their Reserve legal officers (JAGs).

    High-ranking officials from the Pentagon issued the drill fact pattern and were reportedly monitoring the call.

    An individual familiar with the situation, who requested anonymity, shared this with The Gateway Pundit concerning this matter:

    A group of Midwest-based U.S. Army Reserve legal offices (LODs) engaged in a mandatory weekend drill was thrust into a contentious political scenario that has since drawn sharp criticism and allegations of federal law violations.

    Earlier this month, the remote exercise conducted over Microsoft Teams took an unexpected turn when LOD commanders were handed a last-minute politically biased scenario and ordered to use this scenario to engage with their Reserve legal officers (JAGs).

    High-ranking officials from the Pentagon issued the drill fact pattern and were reportedly monitoring the call.

    An individual familiar with the situation, who requested anonymity, shared this with The Gateway Pundit concerning this matter:

    The facts provided involved “Governor Abbot being responsible for allowing migrants to drown,” or words to that effect, in the Rio Grande after setting up barriers and “not lending any aid to these dying migrants.”

    In one part of the given fact pattern a U.S. Army Reserve sergeant was sitting in a vehicle watching the migrants cross the Rio Grande (after taking over), and a TX National Guard member steps up behind the vehicle and begin shooting and killing a family of migrants swimming across the river, all the while yelling, “America First!”.

    Army drills, per training standards, are to be fictional, a-political scenarios involving fictional countries/enemies and people. American citizens are never mentioned in these scenarios. In this case all these rules were broken.

    The scenario was blatantly and openly political – naming the “Biden Administration” as the heroic protectors of human rights, and listing an evil “Gov. Greg Abbot” by name, as well as an out-of-control criminal TX National Guard soldier who yells “America First” while shooting defenseless Mexicans swimming across the Rio Grande.

    Looking on-line at the Trump Campaign site, under the topic of the “MAGA Movement,” “America First” is clearly embedded as language used in Trump’s campaign materials.

    The fact that campaign material is inserted into a biased, derogatory fact pattern handed to Soldiers is a blatant and criminal Hatch Act violation.

    Under the Hatch Act and the DoD Directive on point, Soldiers and Pentagon personnel are absolutely prohibited from using campaign materials in official spaces in any way, shape or form.

    This scenario, sent down last minute by some un-hinged novice/lunatic in the Pentagon for training violated all the rules and was a criminal act as it violated Hatch Act prohibitions.

    It is probably worth mentioning that one of the five LODs participating apparently refused to participate and dropped off the Teams call as it progressed.

    Attached is an image depicting the scenario in question. This was a fictional affidavit included for the purpose of the exercise:

    Excerpt:

    I started my shift like any other day, not knowing the horrific terrors that were about to occur. It was the final day of working for the ICE Department, and I had recently just bought a boat and was daydreaming about the coming years of what new adventures I was going to embork on.

    I had a haunting suspension that my co-workers were going to be planning a surprise going away party for me. As I sat on my patrol car facing the hot Mexicon vistas, I saw a family cresting the river’s edge. It consisted of a middle-aged man, woman, and girl (no older that ten years old).

    Excerpt:

    I started my shift like any other day, not knowing the horrific terrors that were about to occur. It was the final day of working for the ICE Department, and I had recently just bought a boat and was daydreaming about the coming years of what new adventures I was going to embork on.

    I had a haunting suspension that my co-workers were going to be planning a surprise going away party for me. As I sat on my patrol car facing the hot Mexicon vistas, I saw a family cresting the river’s edge. It consisted of a middle-aged man, woman, and girl (no older that ten years old).

    The use of such material in an official capacity raises serious questions about compliance with the Hatch Act.

    Political activity is defined “as an activity directed toward the success or failure of a political party, candidate for partisan political office, or partisan political group.”

    The scenario described by our source, involving a training exercise that explicitly references current political figures (the Biden regime against Governor Greg Abbot) and uses of America First associated with the political campaign by Trump, could be seen as engaging in political activity that is not allowed under the Hatch Act.

    The inclusion of America First could be interpreted as using campaign material in an official capacity, which is prohibited under the Hatch Act and DoD directives.

    The Pentagon has not yet responded to our email.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/exclusive-pentagon-forces-army-reserve-troops-midwest-conduct/

    • The leftist head of Israeli intelligence recently staged a training exercise: farrr-rrright ‘settlers’ seeking REVENGE kidnap Moslem kids in Judea and Samaria. The valiant soldiers of the IDF were practicing recovery tactics!!

      THIS is what they think of their compatriots???
      The crafting of the latest blood libel: “violent ‘settler’ attacks on hapless Moslems living on the “West Bank”.
      ~Something that has the U.S. demonrat administration licking its chops ~
      Intel head apologized for the “poor timing”. That’s it???

      I’m not convinced the massacre on Oct/07 was such a total surprise. Caroline Glick wrote about this guy on Nov. 30:

      Aharon Haliva has got to go. Now.
      https://www.newsrael.com/posts/zp8bmc375sq

  19. Illinois Dem Mayor Who Shuts Down Businesses That Won’t Donate to Her, Gets Blasted for Dressing Like a ‘Drug Kingpin’
    by Jack Davis, The Western Journal Feb. 18, 2024 1:20 pm31 Comments

    The mayor of a small Illinois community brings swagger to her role, and some say she has crossed the line from dressing like a gangsta to acting like one.

    As noted by Ballotpedia, Tiffany Henyard, a Democrat, was elected in 2021. A recall to remove her in 2022 failed because the results, which would have removed her, were ruled invalid.

    And now, critics say, she is not just dressing like a drug kingpin but also abusing her power, according to the New York Post.

    “People look at politics like a joke, it’s like a mockery right now because of all this stuff,” Village of Dolton Trustee Kiana Belcher said. “She comes to board meetings dressed like Nino Brown.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/illinois-dem-mayor-shutting-businesses-wont-donate-gets/

    • Eylon Levy @EylonALevy
      I can’t believe they sacrificed all this for a one-day killing and raping spree. I can’t believe they spent so long building a military tunnel network under all this, waiting for the day they could invade, abduct Israelis, then try to hide under this.

      https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1759071233855885618
      ………
      The True Face of Gaza Before October 7, by Roi Yanovsky

  20. Major Exposé Part 1: Soros-Financed Non-Profit Caught in Global Election Interference Scheme — Retired Gen. Wesley Clark Admits Interfering Election in Italy, Greece, and Hungary (VIDEO)
    by Jim H?ft Feb. 18, 2024 1:40 pm0 Comments

    In a bombshell revelation, citzen journalist @MagaBabe on X/Twittera has released a series of videos showing high-level figures from the non-profit organization Action for Democracy admitting to engaging in international political influence campaigns.

    Action for Democracy, a Chicago-registered 501(c)(4) non-profit, purportedly received contributions totaling over $11 million, as detailed in a recent IRS filing (https://www.ag.ky.gov/Resources/Consumer-Resources/charity/Documents/charity.pdf).

    According to its website:

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/major-expose-part-1-soros-financed-non-profit/

  21. LAWRENCE SELLIN EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s Department of Agriculture Is Conducting Bird Flu Research with a Chinese Scientist Linked to People’s Liberation Army
    by Guest Contributor Feb. 18, 2024 3:00 pm46 Comments

    Biden’s Department of Agriculture is conducting bird flu research with a Chinese scientist linked to the People’s Liberation Army.

    In a letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) demanded answers to why the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding a collaboration with a Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked researcher involving dangerous bird flu experiments.

    Senator Ernst pointed out that the researcher involved with those experiments is affiliated with China’s infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, from where the COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have started. Like the dangerous experiments on coronaviruses conducted in unsafe laboratories in Wuhan, this collaboration will involve a form of gain-of-function research that could make the virus more infectious.

    What Senator Ernst failed to notice was that the Chinese scientist she identified, Wenjun Liu, is also a frequent research collaborator with scientists from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

    Wenjun Liu, who is now Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology of Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science, received a Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1996. Between 1996 and 2000, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Howard Hughes Medical institute/Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and became a Senior Scientist at Genzyme Corporation until he returned to China in 2004.

    The five-year Department of Agriculture project with China, “US-UK-China Collab: Predictive Phylogenetics For Evolutionary and Transmission Dynamics of Newly Emerging Avian Influenza Viruses,” began in 2021 and costs $1 million.

    While the Department of Agriculture project has been underway, Wenjun Liu was conducting research on the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) in 2022 with PLA scientists like Guangyu Zhao from the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in Beijing, China.

    read more at

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/lawrence-sellin-exclusive-bidens-department-agriculture-is-conducting/

  22. Sheriff Office Confirms Mitch McConnell’s Sister-in-law Angela Chao Drowned After Car Went into Texas Pond
    by Anthony Scott Feb. 18, 2024 2:40 pm228 Comments

    As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the sister-in-law of Senator Mitch McConnell, Angela Chao, died last week in a tragic “accident.”

    Angela Chao, who is the sister of former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, served as the CEO of the dry bulk company The Foremost Group, a company with deep connections to the Chinese Communist Party.

    In an initial statement, the Foremost Group stated Angela Chao died in a “tragic car accident” but gave no further details on how the accident occurred.

    Now, a week later, the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office has revealed Chao died after her car went into a pond located on a private ranch located 40 miles outside of Austin, Texas.

    The Blanco County Sheriff’s Office, in a statement, disclosed that EMS crews “responded to a possible water rescue on a private ranch located in Blanco County, TX.”

    The statement continued, “On arrival, Blanco County deputies along with Blanco County EMS and Fire recovered the body of Angela Chao from a pond on the ranch…EMS attempted emergency measures on Ms. Chao, but she succumbed from being under the water.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/sheriff-office-confirms-mitch-mcconnells-sister-law-angela/

  23. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) Requests Formal Inquiry into Intelligence committee Chair Mike Turner (R-OH) for “Reckless Disregard” in Sounding Alarm on “Serious National Security Threat” in Attempt to Interfere with FISA Reform Legislation and Ensure Funding for Ukraine

    Rep Andy Ogles (R-TN) sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, requesting an inquiry and possible removal of House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner (R-OH) from his committee, after Turner sent a letter to colleagues raising concern over “an urgent matter with regard to a destabilizing foreign military capability that should be known by all Congressional Policy Makers.”

    Ogles believes that this was an attempt to create unfounded worry in pursuit of a “political agenda” to prevent the passage of FISA reform legislation.

    The Hill reported on Wednesday,

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/rep-andy-ogles-r-tn-requests-formal-inquiry/

  24. The third major battle of the war in Ukraine has just been won by the Russian Federation.

    First there was Mariupol, then Bakhmut/Artymovsk, and now Avdeevka. The latter was considered the most fortified spot in Europe. Nato’s masterpiece bulwark under construction since 2014, from which missiles were fired on civilians in the capital of Donetsk oblast. Including the notorious “petal mines” – cluster munitions that seem to attract kids and small animals.
    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1553459440073973760.html

    This has always been an ethnic Russian region. Kiev press-ganged the east and southeast of the country to serve as their first batch of soldiers. Poorly trained, armed, and led, this was just meat to throw at the invading army. Behind them were “anti-retreat” forces: foreign mercs and domestic nazis poised to shoot disserters dead.

    When the regime in Kiev claimed massive Russian casualties, they counted these poor souls as dead Russians.

    ……..Who knew?……..

    Hungarian villages in the far west were emptied as well. Young women draftees from Transnistria were featured in the first videos of women in the trenches.[*]

    Now, of course, Kiev has been forced to mobilize throughout the country. Cities in the west that had barely been touched have vastly expanded cemeteries. Young Ukrainian women join the ranks of the maimed.
    _______
    Transnistria,[*] aka Subcarpathia, is a very strange place: Hungarian-speaking, still self-identifies as Soviet Communist. Hammer-&-Cycle flag, the whole nine yards. A messy football of history. In any order: Bessarabian, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, Romanian, Czechoslovak, Soviet, and whatnot.

    One of my aunties by marriage was from the substantial Jewish population in the Bukovina, a scrap of today’s Moldova they called Chernivtsi. Same as Elie Wiesel.

    When the Nazis invaded, they deported Jews to lager concentration camp across (trans-) the Dnieper River (Trans-nistria). Many were further transported to totenlager – death camps like Auschwitz and Sobibor.

    She was liberated by the Soviet Army.

    Good article: https://www.dw.com/en/the-forgotten-holocaust-in-transnistria/a-17387303

  25. Mosab Hassan Yousef @MosabHasanYOSEF
    Sheik Hassan Yousef a co-founder of Hamas just admitted that Oct 7 was a mistake.

    Sinwar’s betting on a quick ceasefire and world pressure to make Israel accept his terms of releasing mass murderers from Israeli prisons didn’t work. His immature decision to invade Israel and take hostages went wrong in the worst possible way. His gamble led to the destruction of Gaza and possibly the end of the “palestinian” dream.

    Sinwar fantasy of bringing Israel to its knees ended in his worst possible nightmare. Counting his final miserable hours, knowing that he would be remembered as the most insane “palestinian” leader of all time.

    Now “palestinians” will have to pay a great deal of suffering for the next generations because of this mad recluse.

    Will Sheik Hassan Yousef ever admit that Hamas’ charter was a mistake?

    https://twitter.com/MosabHasanYOSEF/status/1758773855395385516

  26. REPORT: Trucking Company Cancels Shipments to New York City on Monday (VIDEO)
    by Jim Hoft Feb. 18, 2024 7:42 pm178 Comments

    As Patty McMurray reported on Saturday, truckers bravely exposed some of the worst COVID shutdowns in the world when they parked their trucks in Ottowa to protest the iron-fisted approach used against citizens by the Justin Trudeau regime. Truckers in the US showed solidarity for their Canadian neighbors and helped block shipping between the US and Canada in Detroit, Michigan. Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who was being considered for Joe Biden’s VP, quickly threatened arrest for truckers who dared to block the Ambassador Bridge.

    American truckers are now reportedly threatening to stop deliveries into New York City over the grotesque $350 million judgment against President Trump and his sons Don Jr. and Eric by partisan hack Judge Engoron on Friday.

    Aside from first responders, is there another profession in the United States that proudly wears patriotism on its sleeves like the American trucker?

    Ian Jaeger
    @IanJaeger29
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    ?BREAKING: Truckers across the country are staging a MASSIVE protest after Judge Engoron ordered Trump to pay $364 million to the state of New York.

    Do you support them?

    https://twitter.com/IanJaeger29/status/1758896837983862816

    An American trucker who goes by “Chicago Ray” shared a video on social media yesterday where he explained why truckers across America are planning to stop delivering to NYC.

    Now this…

    According to TikTok user SurvivalJunkie2, a company previously expected to provide a load for transportation to New York announced that it no longer has any loads destined for the state.

    “I just received a call from a company that I was getting a load from, and they just said they don’t have any loads going to New York. So if you’re in New York, you won’t be receiving anything from these drivers.”

    He suggests that the decision is not limited to individual truckers but is a strategic move by the companies themselves.

    “I don’t know if it’s real, but I know that the companies are now saying that they’re not delivering loads, not just the truckers, it’s the companies,” the driver added.

    “Also, get yourself prepared. New York shit may hit the fan in the next couple of days,” he warned.

    Via SurvivalJunkie2

    Chicago1Ray ??
    @Chicago1Ray
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    I’m just one of the many millions of Truckers who believe in God and love this Country ??

    I stand with Trump, bc Trump stands with me

    Truckers for Trump ain’t just a slogan it’s real

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/report-trucking-company-cancels-shipments-new-york-city/

    Chicago1Ray ??
    @Chicago1Ray
    ·
    Follow
    I’m just one of the many millions of Truckers who believe in God and love this Country ??

    I stand with Trump, bc Trump stands with me

    Truckers for Trump ain’t just a slogan it’s real

    https://twitter.com/KelliKayK/status/1759290218971103583

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/report-trucking-company-cancels-shipments-new-york-city/

  27. Hamas terrorists posing as doctors arrested in IDF hospital operation

    Israeli forces found boxes of medicine belonging to hostages kidnapped by Hamas as well as Hamas terrorists posing as medical staff in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza….

    Hundreds of terrorists and suspected terrorists have been arrested from inside the hospital, including terrorists who took part in the October 7 massacre.

    Inside the hospital, Israeli forces found many weapons, including some hidden in a vehicle used by Hamas terrorists to conduct the massacre. Additionally, a vehicle stolen from Kibbutz Nir Oz was found in the hospital area.

    Boxes of medicine with the names of Israeli hostages on them were found in the hospital. The packages were closed and had not been transferred to the hostages, in violation of commitments made by Qatar to Israel.

    https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-787622
    …………
    Is the Red Cross really neutral on Israel?

    Jewish distrust of the ‘middle man’ organization – accused of refusing to deliver vital medications to hostages – dates back to the Holocaust…

    “But for a large majority of Israelis – with the ICRC’s failure during the Holocaust to do anything on behalf of Jews in concentration camps still fresh in their memories – the terms “trusted middle man” and “neutral intermediary” are ridiculed, and they accuse the ICRC of doing virtually little to nothing to secure the release of the hostages in Hamas’s hands, ascertain their whereabouts, let alone visit them or ensure that they had received medicines sent in an agreement mediated by Qatar in mid-January.”

    https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-787622
    ________

    JPost tries to mitigate the disgust many of us have for the Red Cross. Not only did they do nothing for inmates of concentration camps, they treated Nazis in DP camps far better than the survivors in their midst. This I know from first-hand accounts, people I trust 100%.

    ICRC issued a formal apology in 2007, repeated their statement of contrition in 2015. It’s still prominent on their website. Yet they don’t seem to have learned from their “hard lessons” or their failure “to live up to the principle of humanity”.

    They remind me of the Quakers who invited me to deliver a speech when we were campaigning against 0bama’s Iran Deal. We were a great team, trained by the best, carefully chosen for who would be most suitable for each specific group. The oh-so-polite Quakers still chill me to the bone.

  28. Joe Truzman @JoeTruzman
    Excerpts from the Israel Defense Minister’s remarks made earlier today:

    “The deepening of military activities in Khan Younis continues to bear fruit. Two-hundred terrorists have surrendered at Nasser hospital, dozens [of terrorists] have surrendered at Amal hospital – this shows that they [Hamas] have lost their fighting spirit.

    Terrorists armed with RPGs, weapons and guns, [faced the IDF] and did not fight back. They [Hamas terrorists] understood that their options were to surrender or die.”

    “Hamas has no confidence in its commanders – this is very, very apparent. In addition, the Hamas-Gaza branch is unresponsive – there is nobody to talk to on the ground, and the external leadership [abroad] is looking for leadership [in Gaza]. This means that there is a ‘bid’ for who will manage Gaza – there is no party in control.”

    “The Khan Younis brigade has been defeated and no longer functions as a military entity. Hamas is left with forces in the central area of Gaza, and the Rafah brigade. The only thing required for their total collapse as a military system, is the IDF’s decision. There is no one here to come to their aid – no Iranians and no international assistance.”

    “We will dismantle Hamas’ six remaining battalions – we have no right to stop as long as there are 134 hostages left in Gaza.”

    https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1759256892801720764

  29. If it could happen to El Al radio transmission, it could happen elsewhere: low-risl hijack merhod?

    from EoZ
    https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-787572

    “Hostile elements” attempted to take over the communication network of an El Al plane flying from Phuket to Ben-Gurion Airport on Saturday night and divert it from its destination, Israel’s national airline confirmed on Sunday. The plane reached its destination safely