IRAN & HEZBOLLAH
TO ATTACK ISRAEL
WITH IN 48 HOURS
(Friday evening Nov 3, Israel time)
Based on credible information, Hezbollah and Iran have notified
the United States that they will lead a multi-front war against Israel, unless Israel immediately stops the war in Gaza.
source: Abd al-Bari Atwan, Rai al-Yum, London
NB: The United West has NOT confirmed this report that it is being seriously
evaluated by intelligence agencies, worldwide. We want our audience
to be aware of exactly what's going on. Stay tuned.
PRAY FOR ISRAEL & THE UNITED STATES
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Exposed: Jewish Security Chief's Deep Ties to Qatar
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This is why I believed it would have been more effective to let Hamas cope with over a million hungry, thirsty Palestinians, etc. and let the IDF destroy Hezballah which Iran will unleash when they believe it is to their advantage because Iran will expand the war when they wish.
Now 15 IDF have been killed and that is the relative equivalence of 450 American troops versus possibly saving 240 alleged hostages many of whom, if not all, are already dead or might be.
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11 IDF soldiers KIA in Gaza, bringing toll in Strip to 13
By CHARLES BELEZER
"We are in a difficult war. This will be a long war. We have so many important achievements but also painful losses," said Prime Minister Netanyahu.
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This just broke!
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https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/01/follow-40000-from-communist-china-directly-to-joe-bidens-bank-account/
And:
Exposed: Jewish Security Chief's Deep Ties to Qatar
By Gregg Roman
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Israel Releases Stunning Images Of Its War On Hamas: 11,000+ Terrorist Targets Hit; 326 IDF Soldiers Killed.
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Israel’s 26th Day of War
By Sherwin Pomerantz
15 IDF soldiers died in fighting in Gaza over the last 23 hours. The IDF is now deep into northern Gaza and fighting is urban and, therefore, both intense and dangerous. On the northern border rockets continue to be lobbed at Israel from Lebanon as well. As late as mid-afternoon today barrages of rockets were still being fired at central Israel from Gaza. One scored a direct hit on a building in Rishon LeZion but, miraculously, there were no injuries. Others were aimed at Tel Aviv but were neutralized by the Iron Dome system
Typical of the personal connections all of us have to someone who has suffered loss, a note received today from good friends said:” Our son in law’s niece recently got engaged to be married and we were at the engagement party a month ago. The wedding was scheduled for March. The young man, a soldier, was killed yesterday in Gaza. Funeral to at the military cemetery on Mt. Herzl.” May his memory be for a blessing
The US dispatched an additional 300 troops to the region to deal with on going attacks of their installations in the region. The US also has deployed missile boats in the Red Sea after missile drones sent by the Houthis in Yemen destined to launch rockets at Eilat were intercepted. The Pentagon said that American commandos were on the ground in Israel to provide advice on how to locate the more than now 240 hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
Some people with dual nationalities as well as seriously injured Palestinians arrived in Egypt on Wednesday, according to Egyptian state-owned TV, as the Gaza border opened for the first such crossings since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel. Three critically injured people from Gaza arrived at an Egyptian hospital near the border, a hospital official said. And Egyptian state TV showed what it said was a group of foreign or dual nationals carrying luggage on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, where they were to waiting to have documents checked
The crossings came after a deal negotiated late Tuesday among Israel, Egypt, Hamas, the United States and Qatar. Egypt was set to receive hundreds of people on Wednesday, according to Western diplomats in Cairo and Jerusalem and the Gazan authorities. The Rafah crossing has been the focus of heated international negotiations as it is the only possible escape route and the only entry point for relief supplies into Gaza.
Internationally, Bolivia is the first country to announce that it is cutting diplomatic ties with Israel because of Israel’s actions in Gaza. This is not the first time they have done this in reaction to Israel’s defensive actions to curtail or eliminate the terrorist threat on the border. In addition, late today Jordan announced that it is recalling its Ambassador to Israel to show its displeasure with Israeli activities in Gaza. In Judea and Samaria as well as within Israel proper, the Palestinian Authority authorized a general strike closing all businesses for the day to demonstrate their anger at Israel for what is occurring in Gaza.
Over the last few days people have asked which are the most important charitable organizations here in Israel that can use additional funding during this difficult time. My answer is…..
Hatzolah ….Israel’s emergency rescue service
https://israelrescue.org/donate/
ZAKA…..Israel’s prime search and rescue service
https://give.zakaworld.org/campaign/protection-kits-2023-support-zaka-search-and-rescue/
Magen Dovid Adom often referred to as Israel’s Red Cross
https://www.mdais.org/en
All of them are worth of support in these difficult times.
Hopefully the IDF will be successful, our leadership will provide proper and sensitive guidance, and the good LORD will answer all prayers in the affirmative.
Sherwin Pomerantz has lived in Israel for 40 years, is CEO of Atid EDI Ltd., a international business development consultancy. He is also the Founder and Chair of the American State Offices Association, former National President of the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel and a past Chairperson of the Board of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
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Kanelos was president of St. John's College in Annapolis before leaving to start a St John's type college in Austin. I was on the Board of Advisor's of St John's for some 8 years. It is the "Great Books School" and 3rd oldest college in America. We expose our students to reasoning. Reasoning should be a worthwhile pursuit but since most universities no longer care about facts. St John's has become more valuable to conservatives, ie liberals need not apply unless you are willing to listen to the whole truth just not what you believe is your own. The tuition has been reduced and is now in the $30's. Best University value in America.
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Dear Friends:
Jewish parents care about education, and Jews have long looked to university education as the gateway to American opportunity. Yet over the past many years, the problems of American higher education have worsened: the academic fads, exploding costs, intolerance of free inquiry, hostility to religious tradition, and now—on stark display for the entire world—the tolerance and even celebration of ruthless anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. The crisis—especially for Jews—is very real.
Where do we go from here?
Join Tikvah's Jewish Parents Forum on Thursday, November 9, at 8:00 PM ET, to hear from three leaders in the higher education reform effort: Joe Lonsdale and Pano Kanelos—founders of the University of Austin, a new liberal arts college devoted to the fearless and open pursuit of truth—and Eric Cohen—CEO of Tikvah—an institution that educates thousands of Jewish students in high school and college and that is now exploring new models in undergraduate education.
Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel makes this conversation about Jews and the universities more urgent than ever. As Jewish parents, we see anti-Jewish students signing pro-murder declarations and cheering for Hamas on the quad. We see university leaders choosing silence or feckless statements over moral clarity. We see our college-aged sons and daughters forced off campus, locked in libraries, and subjected to indefensible double standards.
The question we face: How should Jewish parents think about college? Are there still good options? Is there any hope of reform, or is this a time to build?
We hope you will join us on November 9 to explore these issues and more.
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Expressed feelings symptomatic of how nearly all Israelis feel as well as many Jews.
Radicals believe we are weakened because we have tearful feelings. We are stronger and we are prepared to whip their asses. It should be evident not to anger us but the haters never learn.
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Storming the Heavens!
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/storming-the-heavens/
This morning, the man who sits next to me in shul said “have a good day” as he was leaving. I said “you too,” but I didn’t look up, hoping he wouldn’t see the tears in my eyes.
How am I supposed to have a good day when 240 men, women, and children are captive in some terror tunnel deep beneath the ground?
I can’t get them out of my head. What are they thinking as they sit there day after day? What does the mind do in such a prolonged state of crisis? The children – can they simply cry for days and weeks on end, or do the tears dry up after time? And if so, then what?
And the parents, the loved ones who are back at home, waiting, wondering, praying. How does one live with this sustained agony of unknowing?
Does the mind eventually snap? Does the heart eventually break? Is there some dissociative release where one finally slips into an alternate consciousness and drifts beyond the pain of an impossible reality?
I’m trying to focus on my morning prayers, but these are the thoughts that ravage me when it’s quiet and I’m not distracted. I’m trying to stay positive, but it’s hard.
I know that G-d runs the universe. I know that He is One, and that a leaf does not blow in the wind anywhere in the world if He does not will it to be so. I remind myself multiple times daily with the recital of the Shema – there is nothing but He alone, and we are all facets of a simple unity that disguises itself as this complex multiplicity. I know that He has a plan. I know that no evil descends from above and that this too is for the best… but I don’t understand!
I vacillate between these moments of clarity and these spasms of pain. That’s okay, I suppose. That’s normal. That’s the reality of being human.
Israel has begun its ground invasion of Gaza. It is time for the rest of us to invade the heavens.
We each have a role to play in this drama. There are no spectators. None of us is safe and comfortable, far away from the battlefield. We are all in it. We are all in it together. The battlefield is here, swirling around us.
Every one of us is a soldier in Tzivos Hashem/the army of G-d. Our voices are our weapons. Our words are our ammunition. He is waiting for us to storm His palace and demand an end to this madness.
Please, G-d, please rescue Your captives! Please release Your children! Please heal Your wounded, protect Your soldiers, guard and guide Your people! Please let the earth know no more war, please swallow up suffering and death! Please bring peace to every corner of Your universe, to every one of Your creations! Please open our eyes so that we can see You in ourselves and in one another!
This week we read parshas Vayeira, which means “and He appeared.” This is our ultimate prayer – that Hashem should appear to us. This is what we have been praying for and working toward throughout the millennia – that He should be seen and recognized throughout His creation. This is our mission and purpose in the world – to be a light unto the nations, which means to illuminate the darkness and reveal that G-d is here, even here.
At this time of intense darkness, we must join together and storm the heavens and proclaim to G-d that we are ready for Him to appear to us. We are ready to go out from this tunnel, to be freed from this tunnel-vision that has kept our minds narrow and our hearts constricted. We are ready to see the full splendor of His Oneness.
I’m hoping, praying, pleading that today will be the day. If each one of us takes just a minute or two to pause and raise our voice and implore G-d to appear to us, then maybe He will determine that it is finally time do so. And then, when He clears away the darkness, when the knowledge of G-d will fill the earth like the ocean fills the sea, then we will beat our swords into ploughshares, the captives will be gathered from the four corners of the earth, and we will “have a good day” indeed, the day of goodness and peace that we have been awaiting all along.
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Pnei Hashem is an introduction to the deepest depths of the human experience based on the esoteric teachings of Torah. www.pneihashem.com
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A school teacher asked the class to write something about Hop-A -Long Cassidy.
The little blond girl wrote about what a courteous person he was. The little black student wrote how nice he was and the little brown headed girl wrote about how strong Hoppy was. The Jewish kid wrote Hoppy must have been an Israeli because you did not want to "screw with Hoppy." Hamas probably never knew Hoppy was Jewish.
The $64 question is: "Will Biden and America give Israel the time, resources, and diplomatic support it needs to win this war?
This from a dear friend, a neighbor, and obviously a memo reader.
Dick,
Great blog pieces. The one about the 2 IDF brothers is heartbreaking. Israel has no choice; they have to eliminate Hamas from Gaza. If not this will surely continue to happen. A couple of thoughts I have:
Being a student during America’s WWII war effort , I could never understand why the free world did almost nothing when the Nazi persecution of the Jews started in earnest in 1936. Where was the outrage and repudiation of what was happening in Germany, and why did most countries shut their borders to Jews wanting to flee the Nazis? Given what I’ve seen in the last few days, now I understand. I could not believe Jews would be hunted and killed as in WW II; Now we are seeing it happen again and it’s beyond sickening. We have lost our moral compass as the supposed leaders of the free world. I am worried sick Israel will lose the PR war and US support. Biden has no backbone and will fold when the left keeps increasing the pressure on him to backtrack on his “support” for Israel.
If you are Xi in China and you see the US fold and pay only lip service support to Israel, you have to believe he sees this as the perfect opportunity to make his move on Taiwan. Better to take advantage of a feeble and gutless president than wait and take a chance that a stronger Republican wins in 2024.
Hate to see this happening to this country, and truly depressing. Hopefully we will continue to be safe here, but I think we are more vulnerable now than ever.
Just my rambling thoughts. Love the posts!!
John
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