Clean House - Fire Them All!!

16 Tevet 5786

Not one person who held any position of power or governance should be allowed to run for another term.  Every one of them, even if only guilty by association, should be tossed out on their ears and replaced with all new faces.  What good is a democracy if the same old people, failures ALL, are re-elected over and over again, thoroughly entrenched in the errors of their ways.

Not allowing them to continue in office would be letting them off lightly. They deserve to be prosecuted for crimes against this nation.

And this one in particular has no right whatsoever to continue to rule...

THE BUCK STOPS HERE

This is just the latest scandal to come out...

Report: Israel Urged Qatar to Boost Financial Aid to Hamas Weeks Before Oct. 7 Massacre

"The policy was publicly championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who argued the payments were necessary to avert a humanitarian collapse." 

Israel quietly pressed Qatar to expand financial support to Gaza just weeks before the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, massacre, according to a new report that adds a new layer to questions about the policies that preceded the deadliest attack in the country’s history.

Yediot Acharonot reported Friday that in September 2023, senior Israeli officials met in a Jerusalem hotel with Mohammed al-Emadi, Doha’s longtime envoy to Gaza, and asked him to increase Qatari-funded fuel purchases intended for the Hamas-run enclave. The request came roughly one month before Hamas terrorists stormed southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and abducting 251 others.

At the center of the meeting was a familiar but controversial arrangement. Since 2021, Qatar had been buying fuel from Egypt and transferring it to Gaza, where Hamas sold it to local gas stations, providing the group with revenue to pay officials and commanders. Israel, while not funding Hamas directly, was a tacit partner in the mechanism, viewing it as a way to stabilize Gaza and avoid another round of fighting.

The report says Israel’s request mirrored an earlier demand made by Hamas itself. About a month before the Jerusalem meeting, al-Emadi traveled to Gaza and met with then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who urged Qatar to more than double monthly fuel purchases, from roughly $3 million to $7 million. Al-Emadi refused. Weeks later, Israeli officials would make the same ask.

According to the newspaper, the Israeli request was part of a developing understand­ing with Hamas aimed at halting a renewed wave of “March of Return” protests along the Gaza border. Israeli security officials viewed those demonstrations—echoes of the violent weekly riots of 2018–2019—as pressure tactics designed to extract economic concessions in exchange for quiet.

Behind the scenes, Gaza was under growing strain. Deepening poverty had driven rare, spontaneous protests by Gazans against Hamas during the summer of 2023—an outbreak of dissent that the terror group swiftly crushed. In retrospect, Israeli officials now believe Hamas was simultaneously working to suppress internal unrest and project restraint toward Israel, lulling decision-makers into a false sense of stability ahead of its planned onslaught.

Al-Emadi told Israeli officials at the Jerusalem meeting that he could not immediately commit Qatar to increasing fuel purchases, the report said. Still, Qatari funding continued.

Some time after that meeting—and before October 7—Mossad chief David Barnea traveled to Doha, where he urged Qatari officials to maintain financial assistance to Gaza, according to a December 2023 report by The New York Times. From 2018 until the day of the attack, Qatar transferred tens of millions of dollars in cash to Gaza each month.

The policy was publicly championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who argued the payments were necessary to avert a humanitarian collapse. Netanyahu has since denied that Qatari funds—sent with Israel’s approval—played any role in financing Hamas’s October 7 operation.

That denial has been challenged by reports that Netanyahu was warned at least twice before the attack that Hamas’s military chief, Muhammad Deif, was diverting funds with the government’s knowledge.

Since the massacre and the war that followed, Qatar’s long-standing role in propping up Hamas has come under intense scrutiny inside Israel. The controversy has deepened amid an ongoing criminal investigation into alleged illicit ties between Doha and several of Netanyahu’s close aides, who are suspected of running a pro-Qatari public relations effort during the war.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Venezuela, the New Gaza

15 Tevet 5786

[See 8:30 am UPDATE at the end.]

On the sixth anniversary of Trump's assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani,  he has now invaded Venezuela and kidnapped its leader, along with his wife, and spirited them out of the country, reportedly on their way to New York to be charged with crimes against the United States.  

If they get away with this, they can do it to anyone.  Who will be next???

The Israel-haters already think Israel is behind this - of course - but our politicians' public congratulations add fuel to that fire.  Why do they have to make public statements about it?

Gideon Saar: Israel welcomes the removal of dictator Maduro

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that "Israel welcomes the action of the United States led by President Trump, who acted as the leader of the free world. At this historic moment, Israel stands with the freedom-loving Venezuelan people, who suffered under Maduro's illegal dictatorship. Israel welcomes the removal of the dictator who heads a drug and terror network and hopes for the return of democracy to the country and friendly relations between the nations. The people of Venezuela deserve to exercise their democratic right. South America deserves a future free from the drug and terror axis."

Netanyahu congratulates Trump on Venezuela operation: Salute to your determination

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on the operation in Venezuela. He wrote in English on X: "Congratulations, U.S. President Donald Trump, on your bold and historic leadership for freedom and justice. I salute your firm determination and the brilliant action of your brave soldiers."

Minister Shikli: Maduro ran a crime and drug empire that directly fueled Iran

Diaspora Minister Amichai Shikli said that "the capture of Nicolas Maduro is not only good news for the people living in Caracas, it is also a severe blow to the global axis of evil and a clear message to Khamenei. Maduro did not run a country, he ran a crime and drug empire that directly fueled Hezbollah and Iran. President Trump's decisive steps have proven once again that strong leadership is the only way to subdue dictators. This is a frontal battle between the values of freedom and the West against the dangerous alliance of radical Islam and communism. The world is a safer place today."

8:30 am UPDATE... 

The Constitutional Chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court ordered on Saturday that Vice President Delcy Rodríguez assume the role of acting president of the country in the absence of Nicolás Maduro, who was detained early Saturday morning in an operation by US forces.

The court ruling said that Rodríguez would assume "the office of President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in order to guarantee administrative continuity and the comprehensive defense of the Nation."

The ruling added that the court will debate the matter in order to "determine the applicable legal framework to guarantee the continuity of the State, the administration of government, and the defense of sovereignty in the face of the forced absence of the President of the Republic."

Earlier on Saturday, Rodriguez implicated Israel in the capture of Maduro.

"The governments of the world are shocked that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is the victim and target of an attack of this nature, which undoubtedly has Zionist undertones," Rodriguez said in a Saturday address in which she convened a National Defense Council. "It's truly shameful."  (Source)

Redemption: The Ultimate Goal of All Creation

13 Tevet 5786

Erev Shabbat Kodesh

Parashat Vayechi

The parashah begins with the events just preceding Ya'aqov's passing from this world.  It details his preparations for leaving his family.  Then, it ends with the passing of Yosef HaTzaddik.  The loss of these two righteous men began the spiritual descent that would ultimately culminate in slavery to Egypt.  

Of all those alive of that generation, only Ya'aqov and Yosef would merit to have their bodies returned to Eretz Yisrael for burial.  Both merited a place uniquely suited to them.  Ya'aqov rested with his fathers and mothers alongside Leah, and Yosef (thanks to the dedication of Moshe Rabbeinu in carrying his bones on the trek to Eretz Yisrael) was interred at Shechem.  Not only was this the place where Avraham built the first altar to Hashem, it was also the place where Yosef had been sold down to Egypt.

Even knowing that the family was facing a long, hard haul into the ever-expanding exile, still Ya'aqov, near his end, was focused on redemption.  He wanted to reveal the keitz to his sons.  Similarly, Yosef was, at his end, focused on ultimate redemption when he instructed that his body to be taken along when the exile would end and the redemption would come.  Even though both knew they would not live to see it, still this was the goal.  And this is the goal for all of us, even today.  The goal of the Final Redemption remains the focus and expected end result of everything that we do throughout our entire lifetimes.

May we be the generation to witness it in our own lifetime.  And so may it be His will.

~ SHABBAT SHALOM ~

Bibi and The Donald: Get Real

 12 Tevet 5786

People on the right of the political spectrum like to use the term "Trump Derangement Syndrome," and similarly "Bibi Derangement Syndrome," to describe those who, typically on the left, oppose everything about these two men, their policies, their leadership styles, their values.  In their eyes, nothing they do is acceptable.  

However, this is not a one-sided malady.  It exists equally on the political right among those who believe neither of these two men can do any wrong.  They brook no criticism no matter how deserved or how necessary.  Although it is equally true that either belief is a kind of mental defect, in my view, this "sickness" of the right is potentially far more dangerous and damaging than it is on the left.  

THE DEADLY-DUO
LEADERS of the JUDEO-CHR*STIANS
(EDOM and the EREV RAV)

Binyamin Netanyahu is not who his right-wing supporters believe him to be, but he is who he claims himself to be - the defender of Chr*stians and Chr*stianity, not only in the Middle East, but across the world!  How is this the job of the leader of the JEWISH State?  Is there any mandate from Shamayim, any mitzvah from the Torah, for Jews to protect or promote a false and idolatrous religion!? 

PM tells Evangelical leaders that Israel is working to protect Christians worldwide

Israel is joining an emerging alliance of countries “that support Christian communities around the world, beleaguered communities who deserve our help,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells Evangelical Christian leaders in Palm Beach, Florida. 

From the Israeli Prime Minister's Youtube Channel:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team met today in Florida, USA, with the leaders of the evangelical community.

The leaders of Christian churches and universities praised the Prime Minister for his successful meeting with President Trump and for his firm stance and the decisive decisions he made throughout the war.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the beginning of the meeting:

"You are representatives of Christian Zionists who made Jewish Zionism possible.

It is difficult for me to imagine the re-establishment of the Jewish state without the support of Christian Zionists in the US, also in Britain, but mainly in the US in the 19th century.

Christian Zionism is what made the rise and success of Jewish Zionism possible. And we have had a very great partnership since then and to this day. I know some of you... Mike, how long have we known each other, since we were teenagers? Something like that. A long time. 46 years...

I can say that we have no better friends, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. You have stood by us through good times and bad times, and now we face new challenges but also new opportunities.

We have fought, as you know, a war on seven fronts, and we have emerged victorious in many ways. But there is also an eighth front, and that is the war for the hearts and minds of people, especially the younger generation in the West, and for me especially in the United States, and especially on the conservative side of the United States. I think this is not just Israel's war. I think it is a war of our shared Judeo-Christian tradition. And I think we must fight this war with the same vigor and determination with which we fought the other seven fronts. This affects not only Israel, but also the United States, the alliance between us, the future of Western civilization. I don't think that's an exaggeration at all.

Sitting here are my colleagues - the Israeli ambassadors to the United States and to the UN, the Consul General in New York, the Consul General in Miami, and every member of the delegation, we think that this is an arena that must be attacked with force.

Who will do it? It's us. It's you and us. We must stand firm against them. They must hear our voice. There are people who believe that faith should be silenced and terrorism should be understood. No. The voice of faith should be heard and terrorism should be confronted, not understood. It should be confronted and defeated. And that's what we are doing now.

I want you to know that I spoke with President Trump yesterday, and I told him, and I've said it publicly, that I see that the war against us and against our Judeo-Christian tradition is happening all over the world, and there are two main forces that are doing it: radical Shiite Islam And the radical Sunni Islam, that is, the axis led by Iran. It has been badly hit, but it is still there. And the Sunni axis led by the Muslim Brotherhood. They are permeating everywhere. They are reaching Europe, they are reaching the United States, they are reaching Africa, Nigeria. We are aware of the fact that Christians are being persecuted throughout the Middle East, in Syria, Lebanon, Nigeria, Turkey and beyond. And we are all aware of the fact, as you are aware of the fact, that there is one country that protects the Christian community, allows it to grow, protects it and makes sure that it can thrive, and that country is Israel. There is no other country.

We are working together to form a kind of union of nations that supports Christian communities around the world, communities under threat that are entitled to assistance. As you are assisting us, we want to assist them, and we can do that, in Africa through intelligence, in the Middle East through many means that I will not detail.

That is our agenda. This is a major part of our agenda, and it will continue with greater force and intensity in the coming year.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a (belated) Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. May this be a year of prosperity, peace and security for all of us, and especially for Christian communities around the world.

In fact, just the opposite!  It is decidedly not the job of a Jewish leader of Jewish Israel, but it is in the domain of those enemies of God who do everything in their power to corrupt Torah Judaism and Jewish identity and destiny.  This is, however, the work of the alliance between Edom and the Erev Rav - the "Judeo-Chr*stians"!

It's time to open your eyes, believe your ears, and understand that neither of these men will bring redemption, but it will surely come in spite of them. And I am not "deranged" for thinking so, or saying so.  

BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN IRAN (Updated)

13 Tevet 5786

10:56 pm UPDATE.

daniel hanuka📟✌️@LionsOfZion_ORG · 2h ago

Israel detects preparations by the Islamic Republic to launch an attack against Israel as a 'lifeline' as domestic protests escalate. The IDF is preparing for a preemptive strike.
[This was my best guess as to what would happen next.]

WW3 Monitor @WW3_Monitor · 4h ago

An attack on Israel is reportedly under consideration and is currently being reviewed by Iranian military officials and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to a source close to the IRGC 🇮🇱🇮🇷‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

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12 Tevet 5786

8:30 pm UPDATE.

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All over social media, this message is being repeated - in 48 hrs, in 72 hrs...big things are coming, surprising events are in store, etc.

Another (purported Mossad/CIA) endeavor to promote regime change in Iran began on Yom Rishon. TousiTV on Youtube is the only place getting information out to the West.  Last night, Mahyar said that if the protestors could keep the momentum going into the fourth day, it might have a real chance of succeeding.  Today was the fourth day...

The only question is will the ruling regime be allowed to fall to the rebels and protestors or will it launch a first-strike against the US and Israel as a way to forestall it?

I know which way I'm leaning, but what do the readers think?

After the Darkness Comes the Light

10 Tevet 5786
Public Fast Day

A "Day After" report on highlights of Netanyahu's meeting with Trump...

If we were the only game in town, I might be worried, but this is also waiting in the wings...

After the three days of darkness in Egypt came the final plague that led to Geulah.

This is how it has to be.  By whatever distraction HKB"H puts in their path, these plans with regard to Gaza, as well as Judea/Samaria, will never succeed, because it would mean the Torah is a lie and that can't be.

"Iran will go and destroy the world" - the Old World, the World of Lies.  And so may it be His will.

This World Is Very Much Lacking in True Justice and That's On Us!

10 Tevet 5786

The Third of Three Fast Days

Technically, the eighth, ninth and tenth of Tevet are all fast days; however, the first two days are kept privately by the righteous among us and the tenth is the dedicated public fast day which this year is observed from 5:02 am in the morning until 5:06 pm in the evening in Jerusalem.

I was quite astounded by the number of times the word "justice" came up over the past two days.  When things repeat, it is a sign to pay attention to a possible message coming through.  

The first time was on the first fast day and was the inspiration for my blog post for that day which concerned "Justice for Ahuvia" (Sandak).

The second time was on the second fast day and was the inspiration for my blog post of this morning which concerned a promise made to the public by the police in regard to what they called animal abuse "to act resolutely to bring those involved to justice."

The third reference I saw to "justice" today appeared on "X" in several different posts.  It concerned a Chinese military exercise around Taiwan called "Justice Mission 2025."

Interestingly, the accompanying picture featured a doubling of the word justice exactly like the verse from Devarim, "Justice, justice you shall pursue...."

Then, tonight, I started looking for some inspiration for my Asara b'Tevet Fast Day blog post and decided to focus on the promise of the Prophet Zechariah that the fast days would, in the future, become holidays of rejoicing. 

So said the Lord of Hosts: The fast of the fourth [month], the fast of the fifth [month], the fast of the seventh [month], and the fast of the tenth [month] shall be for the house of Judah for joy and happiness and for happy holidays - but love truth and peace.   [Ch.8, vs.19]  

Until now, I was speaking primarily of the three Tevet fast days, but these are the four primary public fast days related to the loss of Yerushalayim which are required for all able adults.  They are 1) Shiva Asar b'Tammuz; 2) Tisha b'Av; 3) Fast of Gedalia; and, 4) Asara b'Tevet.

What all of us wants (and needs) to know is what can we do make this our reality?  When will we have fully atoned for the sins which created these fast days in the first place?  What does Hashem require of us to turn the fasting into rejoicing?  

When the question was put to the Prophet Zechariah, this was the answer he received from Hashem...

Thus spoke Hashem, Master of Legions, saying: "Judge with truthful justice, and perform kindness and mercy towards one another.  Do not oppress the widow and the orphan, the convert and the poor, and do not think in your hearts of wrongdoing one another."  [Ch.7, vss. 9 - 10]

Obviously, no generation has yet found the faith and moral strength to fulfill these conditions and therefore, we remain in days of fasting until now.

In fact, the Prophet records the following...

"...they refused to heed, and they turned a rebellious shoulder, they made their ears hard of hearing.  They made their hearts like hard iron, rather than hear the teaching and the words that Hashem, Master of Legions, had sent by His spirit through the earliest prophets,...."  [Ch. 7, vss 11 - 13]

See, this was not the first time they were hearing these things, just like it's not the first time we are hearing them either.  We chose also not to listen.  Apparently, we love our suffering too much to part with it.  

It's not a coincidence that "Judicial Reform" was the catalyst for massive protests and the polarization and breakdown of social cohesion in the days prior to the Simchat Torah Massacre.

I think the message is that Justice is the first key that opens the first door into the world of Geulah.  That said, I don't know how many other doors there are or what they are called, but this is a very loud message coming across about justice and it indicates to me that time is fast running out for us to finally make the clear choice to do the right thing - starting with insisting that justice be done in all matters.

Justice requires the Judicial Reform to be completed and for police reform to begin so that the officers are actually protectors of the public rather than their persecutors.  It requires the return of the final deceased hostage.  It requires the execution of every terrorist in Gaza and the complete takeover of the land along with the deportation of all its non-Jewish residents after which immediate resettlement by Jews must begin.  

The expulsion from Gush Katif is a putrid running sore on our historical timeline.  Justice requires amends to be made commensurate with the damage caused.  In the resettlement of Gaza, special dispensation must be given to those who were formerly expelled, along with the widows and orphans of the fallen soldiers in all the Gaza wars and to returned hostages.  All who have blood invested in that land should have priority in its resettling, NOT oligarchs and foreign real estate moguls who mean to swoop in and take what has already been bought dearly by our own citizens.  That's just for starters.  

JUSTICE requires no less!!!!  Maybe the Tenth of Tevet will one day be celebrated as Jewish Return to Gaza Day.  We have hope!  True justice is the first step towards a happier, more fulfilling future.  Who doesn't want that!?

Here's to an easy and successful and final fast!!  May it bring about the changes we so desperately need!

You Can't Make This Stuff Up!!

9 Tevet 5786
The Second of Three Fast Days 

This is a follow-up to the previous blog post.

"The Footage That Shocked the Police..."

Last night, observers from the David Area Control Center in the Jerusalem District (View 2000) identified serious footage in an alley in the city of Aitka, Jerusalem, in which a suspect was identified abusing a cat while grabbing it by the tail and throwing it in the air.

The incident was identified by the observers, and thanks to their alertness and quick response, a report was quickly forwarded to the David Area Police and Jerusalem Border Police soldiers who were operating in the area to locate the suspect in the wrongdoing.

The police quickly arrived at the scene, located the suspect (17, a resident of Jerusalem), and he was arrested by them and taken for questioning in the David area.

The police said, "Professional activity, a combination of technological capabilities and human alertness of the observers and police officers in the field enabled a rapid response, the arrest of the suspect and the opening of an investigation, with the aim of preventing further harm and sending a clear message - the Israel Police will operate with zero tolerance against any manifestation of violence, towards humans and animals."

It was also stated: "The Israel Police view any harm to animals with great seriousness. This is a serious and unacceptable offense. The police treat cases of this type with the utmost seriousness and act resolutely to bring those involved to justice."

Especially in light of what keeps coming out about the abuse of women and children by the police in the public sphere, this would be laughable, but it's not a laughing matter.  And this is not animal abuse.  It was a silly thing to do, but it did not hurt the cat, who walked nonchalantly away afterwards and it was not as characterized "thrown into the air by the tail."  Instead it was pulled down off of what looked like a caspomat machine.  It clearly was not meant to be an act of cruelty.  

It seems to me that the police are in dire need of education about what constitutes real cruelty and abuse and what real justice looks like and the part they play in all of it.