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We don’t intend to go through the South African charges of genocidal intent at any length, but a reading of its presentation shows them to be based substantively on vague and taken out of context comments of Israeli officials.
In the broader sense, how can it be that while he has supported Israel against Hamas and taken direct action against Hezbollah and more recently, the Houthis, he has largely ignored Iran despite its being their sponsor and enabler and with a history of provocations all is own?
It is still not clear what Hezbollah will eventually do, if anything substantial at all.
Some have held that it did disqualify Trump, removing him from the list of eligible state primary election candidates. Others have said that the restrictions on holding office did not apply to him.
He had an uncommon feel for the pulse of the Torah community which he combined with a palpable empathy towards those who sought his advice.
To be sure, the Houthis are strangely drawing the U.S. into the fray by targeting U.S. and other nations’ shipping in addition to Israel’s and the U.S. has gone out of its way to accuse Iran of being deeply involved in the Houthi attacks on Israel. So, the bottom line is that at all events, the U.S. is materially engaged.
Mayor Adams did not exempt the NYPD from his new across the board 5% cut of municipal agency budgets in order to pay for the city’s multi-billion-dollar deficits occasioned by the immigrant crisis. So that things were destined to take a turn for the worse seemed preordained.
The resolution also says nothing about the Hamas practice of locating military personnel and weapons in civilian areas which put civilians at particular risk as the IDF prosecutes it war against Hamas.
The right of voters to decide who will make binding decisions for them is as fundamental in a democracy as you can get.
The Biden administration, which has pointedly moved two full aircraft carrier battle groups with overwhelming firepower to the Middle East, has failed to strike at Houthi military facilities, limiting itself to defending against the launched missiles and drones, even after persuading Israel to allow the U.S. to deal with the problem.
According to the Times of Israel, Kirby said some of the steps the IDF has taken to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza went further than what the U.S. would have done if it were in Israel’s place.
In today’s cancel culture and pervasive campus antisemitism, couldn’t they reasonably have believed they would be hounded out of office by aroused and cynical students always on the lookout for a rallying cause?
The Satmar view, on the other hand, is hardly opposed to Jewish presence in Israel.
Notably, the resolution was primarily driven by the allegedly large number of civilian casualties in Gaza that Hamas claimed to have occurred – never independently confirmed and without any analysis of the impact of Hamas’ policy of using human shields.
To be sure the implicit admonitions are routinely accompanied by a reiteration of Israel’s right to take Hamas out after Oct. 7 – although that sentiment appears to get more perfunctory with each saying.
While Mr. Biden and the Prime Minister share a desire to limit civilian Palestinian casualties, Mr. Biden sometimes seems not completely satisfied with Mr. Netanyahu’s efforts in this regard.
The proliferation of large demonstrations ostensibly opposing Israel’s war effort against Hamas was frustrating enough to say the least – and politically alarming.
It sounds incredible, but to the dismay of many, the Biden administration is now acting to strengthen Iran even as it supports Israel’s current efforts to eliminate one of its other murderous surrogates.
Not surprisingly, they want an end – they say on the humanitarian grounds of avoiding further deaths – to Israel’s effort to make Hamas go away.
It should also be clearer than ever that we must multiply the force of our numbers and speak to power in harmony and without the discord that has confused our message and diluted the force of even the meager numbers we have always had.
While we do not know how the emerging differences between the U.S. and Israel over cease fires, civilian casualties and what a post-Hamas Gaza should look like, there is no denying the sense that America has Israel’s back at this horrible time is palpable.
It’s time for them to leverage their largesse in the interests of the hapless Jewish students who have become targets of convenience on our nation’s campuses.
Providentially, Hamas’s barbarity was its own death warrant which Israel is about to execute.
We wonder, though, exactly when, since Oct. 7 has it been independently determined that Israel has intentionally pursued civilians or that the notion that it does, is not anything but yet another example of Hamas slipshod surmise or outright misrepresentation.
Given the sensitive nature of the news during a widening conflict, and the prominent promotion it received Times editors should have taken more care with the initial presentation, and been more explicit about what information could be verified.
Below are The Jewish Press endorsements for the November 7, 2023 General Elections in New York.
How can anyone lay that savagery at the doorstep of the victims? How can such depravity be cast in a positive light?
When several large banks went under a few months ago, horror stories began surfacing as to how they and other sectors in the economy had been held hostage to the woke agenda.
Rather than imploring President Biden to at least close the borders, Adams has throughout focused on asking him for additional funding – unsuccessfully.
The reality of where the Saudi national interest lay – that is, in rapprochement with Israel – has not and will not substantively change as the result of the Hamas attack and Israel’s military response.
It will be recalled that when President Trump tied the COVID-19 outbreak to a leak from a toxic substance experimental lab in Wuhan China and began talking about a “Chinese Virus,” his critics called him a racist.
He has now set Israel’s recognition of a Palestinian state as a condition for US brokering of a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The judge who was supposed to approve the deal refused to do so, noting that she had never before seen one containing these kind of leniencies – and in answer to her question, the government’s lawyers said he hadn’t either.
To be sure, the Biden Administration is seeking Supreme Court review. But isn’t it about time they gave democracy a chance? You know, the kind of government based upon things like the free market place of ideas.
Since the beginning of the so-called peace process, thousands of Israelis have been killed, wounded and maimed by Palestinians based in Palestinian controlled areas.
Perhaps most importantly, it should not be lost on Israel’s Arab neighbors that Abbas has plainly acted against their direct interests, whatever the reason.
We rather think that most people really don’t care whether or not Hunter Biden violated the handgun application law – except, of course, if he got favorable treatment.
Clearly the Democratic mantra that Trump is the quintessential criminal has not made significant inroads in Republican ranks.
The obvious question raised by Dheibah’s rant was whether it reflected the broad sentiment in the region about whether there could be Arab peace with Israel without Israel agreeing to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
It was often said that for Rav Aharon, everything was about his talmidim, and for them everything was about him.
An introspective and humble man, word of his erudition and his reputation as a fount of Torah-based wisdom soon spread; people flocked to him for advice and counsel, both from within the ranks of his chassidim and the general public. His role in the community became legend.
We should back Democrats who may think like we do and who are also able to forge a working relationship with the Democratic leadership on key issues.
It should also not be forgotten that there is little likelihood that Donald Trump can get a fair trial in the liberal jurisdictions in which he is being prosecuted – something we believe the prosecutors have been counting on all along.
The clearance process is mandatory for former CIA officials seeking to go public about intelligence-related matters and it usually takes several weeks, if not months; yet in this case, somehow, it was conveniently completed within five hours...
Not surprisingly, people focused on his status as President Joe Biden’s son, and rightly so. Attorney General Merrick Garland and David Weiss would have to explain why this sort of thing happened on their watch.
The West Maui Land Company, which operated three water providers on the island, claimed that Manuel would not approve its request to divert streams to fill reservoirs until they consulted with a local farmer about the impacts of diverting.
It is important to note: Weiss was in charge of the investigation of Hunter Biden, and all of the above is his work product.
What is less well-known is that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have also reportedly now also agreed on the broad contours of a deal for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel – in exchange for Israeli concessions to the Palestinians that the Jewish State has long been unwilling to make.
How else could one explain why reserve Israeli Air Force pilots are vowing not to volunteer in the future if the overhaul plan proceeds, despite the obvious risks to Israel’s security?
We rather thought the conventional wisdom was that former Presidents are accorded much greater slack than he has been given.
Think about it: When pleading guilty to a lesser offense in an ordinary case, the accused will still be punished for the same type of crime, albeit at a lower level of seriousness.
Despite his claims to be looking out for Israel’s best interests, Mr. Biden has all but shattered the perception of there being no daylight between Israel and America.
To complicate matters even further, there are very low requirements for standing to bring matters before the court. The rigorous requirement of a direct personal interest in the outcome, as it exists in the U.S. system, is not present in the Israeli one.
All of these individuals were charged because of what appears to us to be an overarching, visceral solicitude for the downtrodden among us and a more demanding approach to most others who seek to defend themselves or others.
While the bank failures made many of us sit up and take notice of the dangers of wokeism, the tumult surrounding the National Defense Authorization Act recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives caught the attention of many more.
It is those who have endeavored to change our traditions who are the outliers and who must be called out to justify themselves, not the other way around.
We were incredulous at the news that the City Council is poised to impose massive new reporting responsibilities on officers, which will only serve to reduce available policing time even further.
What is in play are efforts by states to assert their own freedom of speech, to protect the commercial operations of local companies doing business with Israeli companies, and to prevent the use of taxpayer money to facilitate efforts against them.
We are probably about to be treated to an epic exploration of the esoterics of First Amendment law...
The Times ignored this virtual open door for parents to make their case, whatever the yeshivas may teach; and its not as if the article’s author pretended to miss the news about Ryba’s ruling.
In an interview last Wednesday with Israel Amy Radio, Alscheich revealed that the various criminal investigations and prosecutions mounted against Netanyahu were designed not so much to pursue his alleged criminality but rather to pressure him into resigning from office.
Some rulings by the United States Supreme Court, with its recent Conservative infusion, have begun setting things right.
The truncated Hunter Biden plea deal, which ignored the several other possible crimes seemingly evidenced by emails – and also cut off any pathway to finding a link to President Biden, despite eyewitness allegations to Congress that there was one – doesn’t help matters either.
Unidentified sources suggested that the U.S. decision was an attempt at retaliation after the Israeli government announced last week that it authorized the construction of over 1,000 new homes in Yehuda and Shomron.
Small wonder Arab states would want to get in on this. To us, it buttresses the notion that Arab decisions to normalize relations with Israel are not just a convenient short-term tactic, but rather represent strategic planning for the long-term.
We also noted that, according to the Times, despite the Saudis long insistence that they could not normalize relations with Israel until the Israel-Palestinian conflict was resolved, that issue was not part of the discussions and was no longer a key point for the Saudis.
A more integrated, prosperous, stable region serves the interests of Israel, Blinken said. It serves the interest of our regional partners. It serves the United States.
Freedom of speech also presupposes that participants will not be singled out as individuals or as members of a group.
It is ironic that the protesters claim that the changes being pursued will sharply diminish the role of the courts as a check and balance on the Knesset, Israel’s national legislative body, and are therefore a threat to Israel’s democracy.
To be sure, officials are insisting that the discussions are ostensibly focused on a possible prisoner exchange and that no new nuclear negotiations are planned. Other events suggest an alternative context, however.
The plan also goes on to say, however, that the Administration welcomes and appreciates the Nexus Document and notes other such efforts.
While the original settlement, which was merged into a “consent decree,” covered only needy men, over the years subsequent iterations expanded the language to cover women and families with children as well.
The suggestion that the Israeli Jews were armed and had been shot in an exchange of gunfire with Palestinian gunman caused an uproar, and Amanpour subsequently apologized...
While this is not the first time Mr. Adams has expressed his admiration for yeshiva education, it is a most opportune one.
Within hours of the account of these discussions, however, a separate agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran had been brokered by China, calling for the restoration of diplomatic relations for the first time in seven years.
We are not suggesting that there may be relevant facts which, if known, would paint an entirely different picture of what happened. We are perturbed, however, by the fact that Bragg only ordered the arrest after a number of activist organizations and individuals staged protests over his failure to do so earlier.
Not only was the international community strangely restrained in its reaction, but PIJ did not allow the targeted killings to get in the way of a ceasefire last week.
The letter falsely questioned the authenticity of documents contained on Hunter Biden’s recovered laptop, documents which would have otherwise cast his presidential candidate father in a negative light.
What exactly has Amr been doing since November 2021 as the Biden Administration’s liaison to the Palestinians?
The President, of course, had long been trying to make it clear that he favored a predominant Supreme Court to counter the emergence of a right-wing, religious coalition in order to preserve the possibility of a Palestinian state.
What leaps out here is that there is a clear distinction here between equality and equity.
The Supreme Court has now said that requiring an Orthodox conversion will no longer be the default position but will only be required when it would be in the best interests of the child – something which is to be determined on a case by case basis.
The real story here is how the band of 51 came together to issue their letter. One of the signatories, Michael Morell – a former Deputy Director of the CIA – spilled the beans in recent sworn Congressional testimony.
The glow of the Abraham Accords – which not too long ago showed promise of a new Middle East in which Israel’s military, economic, agricultural, and technological achievements would draw neighbors eager to get in on the action to its side – seems to have dimmed.
The attack on Justice Thomas seems to us like just the latest salvo in the progressive Left’s continuing effort to course-correct the Supreme Court’s rightward leanings, this time by forcing its most Conservative member off the Court before his time.
The Finns were apparently bent on preventing the illegal immigration of Russians seeking to avoid the mobilization for military service in the war in Ukraine.
Going forward, however, Bragg would have to persuade a jury that what Trump had in mind was concealment of a particular crime or crimes.
Few take the President seriously on this score, however, especially since the Iranians were forced into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015 under threat of military intervention.
To be sure, it is not at all clear how deep the Saudi/Iran agreement will cut. The two countries have long been rivals for leadership in the Gulf region and have been indirectly at each other’s throats for years in several devastating proxy wars.
Did the Manhattan DA here succumb to the progressive mantra as he did in his emasculating of workaday law enforcement in Manhattan?
At this time the Supreme Court can freely invalidate legislation passed by the Knesset or decisions of the prime minister or administrative agencies it believes to be unreasonable.
Citing a provision of New York’s compulsory education law assigning the responsibility for the education of children to parents, Ryba ruled that the state could only look to the parents – not to the schools in which their children are enrolled – for any deficiencies in the education of their child.
The court’s generalization should not be surprising. With the nationwide turmoil now gripping Israel over proposed reforms by the Netanyahu government, members of the Supreme Court can hardly be counted among the neutral.
Notwithstanding the fact that the PA’s slay for pay system is still operating, President Joe Biden restored financial aid to the PA almost immediately after taking office.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman makes no secret of his intention to make Saudi Arabia the leading economic and military power in the Gulf region, competing with the at-least equally ambitious Iran.
The Times goes on to note the obvious, that [c]ombining the criminal charge with a violation of state election law would be a novel legal theory let alone against the former president who is also an announced candidate for reelection.
One issue that has received scant attention, even though it is a key consideration: Under the current setup, there is no limit to the issues over which the Supreme Court of Israel can assume jurisdiction.
What did the mayor say that signaled that he was poised to turn New York city into a theocracy, rather than just sharing his own personal beliefs?
As most readers know, YU claimed that setting up such a LGBT club would be a direct violation of the university’s Orthodox Jewish tenets and it was therefore entitled to a religious exemption as provided for in the human rights law.
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