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Pray for the wife of DF who passed away Saturday

Pray that The Holy One will lead you in Your preparations for handling the world problems. – Have YOU made any preparations?

Please NOTE: We have a new year coming and I have not had updates on a number of people. I would like to update this prayer list. If you asked for someone to be put on please let me know if they still need to be on or can be removed. rdb
That is the only hope of this nation!

Plead for Grace and Mercy


2Samuel 16:15And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, had come into Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 16And it happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, Let the king live! Let the king live! 17And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness with your friend? Why have you not gone with your friend? 18And Hushai said to Absalom, No, for he whom Jehovah and this people have chosen, even all the men of Israel, his I shall be, and I shall remain with him.
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Armed Palestinian teen said shot in central West Bank

A Palestinian teenager reportedly armed with a firearm is shot by Israeli security forces near a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, according to reports in Hebrew-language media.

The Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service says the 16-year-old from Deir Nidham was critically injured by Israeli forces.

“He is critically injured. We are trying to save his life,” a spokesperson tells the Times of Israel.

The incident took place several kilometers from the Israeli settlement of Halamish, where three Israeli civilians were stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in July 2017.


12min ago

Rocket fired from Gaza hits open field in south

A rocket fired by terrorists in the Gaza Strip apparently strikes an empty field in Israel’s southern Eshkol region on Wednesday, in the second such attack in three days.

The army confirms that its systems spotted the launch of the projectile toward Israel, but the exact impact site had yet to be found.

There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage caused by the rocket. — Judah Ari Gross



https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-january-3-2018/
Israel exposes alleged Iranian intelligence operation in West Bank

Three Palestinians indicted, accused of planning to commit terror attacks, collect information for Tehran

By Judah Ari Gross Today, 12:10 pm

The Shin Bet security service on Wednesday revealed it had uncovered an Iranian military intelligence operation in the West Bank that it said was planning to carry out terror attacks and collect intelligence for the Islamic Republic. The three alleged members of the cell were arrested in November, and indictments were filed against them earlier this week in a military court, the Shin Bet said.

According to the security service, the cell had operated in the West Bank, specifically the Hebron area, for over two years. The Shin Bet would not say when its investigation into their activities began.

The Shin Bet’s announcement about the alleged Iranian spy ring came amid a spate of allegations by Israeli security forces and politicians against Tehran and its support for Palestinian terrorist groups in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The operation to expose the alleged conspiracy was led by the Shin Bet, working in conjunction with the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Police. The operation demonstrates the Iranian involvement in encouraging terror attacks against Israel

The leader of the cell was a 29-year-old computer science student named Muhammad Maharma from Hebron, but he received his directions from an Iranian operative in South Africa, the Shin Bet said. [Not that this is not some poor repressed individual but someone who is educated. – rdb]

The other two alleged members were Nour Maharma and Dia’a Sarahneh, both 22 and both also from Hebron.

“The operation demonstrates the Iranian involvement in encouraging terror attacks against Israel and also shows the forces being sent by Iran to countries around the world, in order to advance enemy activities against Israel,” the Shin Bet said in a statement. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-exposes-alleged-iranian-intelligence-operation-in-west-bank/
US warns it won’t fund UN refugee agency if Palestinians reject talks

American envoy Haley says Washington won't continue to be UNRWA's largest donor if Abbas refuses to come to negotiating table

By Alexander Fulbright 2 January 2018, 10:19 pm

The US on Tuesday threatened it would cut aid to the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency if Ramallah refused to come to the negotiating table for relaunched peace talks. Following US President Donald Trump’s December 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the US relinquished its traditional role as the mediator of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. He has also refused to meet with American officials regarding the peace process, including US envoy Jason Greenblatt and White House plans for a new peace effort have reportedly been put on hold.

Speaking with reporters Tuesday at UN headquarters, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley stressed the US remains committed to reaching a peace deal and implied it would cut off aid if the Palestinians refused to engage in peace negotiations.

Responding to a reporter’s question on whether the US will continue to provide funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to millions of Palestinian refugees, in light of a non-binding UN General Assembly resolution condemning the recognition, Haley said Trump was prepared to cut aid  to UNRWA if the Palestinians refuse to return to peace talks.

“I think the president has basically said that he doesn’t want to give any additional funding until the Palestinians are agreeing to come back to the negotiation table,” Haley said. “We’re trying to move for a peace process but if that doesn’t happen the president is not going to continue to fund that situation.”

“The Palestinians now have to show their will — they want to come to the table. As of now they are not coming to the table but they ask for aid. We’re not giving the aid,” added Haley. “We’re going to make sure they come to the table and we want to move forward with the peace process.”

The US was the biggest donor to UNRWA in 2016, giving $368,429,712. It also the largest overall supplier of financial support for the Palestinians.

In her remarks, Haley also defended her veto last month of a Security Council resolution condemning Trump’s declaration, in which he also vowed to move the American embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. “I stood proudly even if I was the only hand in the Security Council to fight for the will of the people of the United States,” she said. “They wanted to see the embassy moved to Jerusalem and we followed through with that.”

The US was the only country in the 14 member body to vote against the measure. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-warns-it-wont-fund-refugee-agency-if-palestinians-reject-talks/ [Way to go! This should have been done long ago. This group of terrorist crooks have been blackmailing the world for way too long and it is past time for it to stop. – rdb]
Netanyahu delays Cyprus trip to vote on minimarkets law

With coalition strapped for majority, PM to stay in country to help secure passage of controversial bill to shutter convenience stores on Shabbat

By TOI staff 2 January 2018, 5:25

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed an official trip to Cyprus scheduled for next week to attend the final Knesset votes on a law to shutter mini-markets on Shabbat. The visit, originally set for Monday, will be rescheduled by the Foreign Ministry, according to reports.

According to the Ynet news website, the trilateral summit in Cyprus was to also include the Greek president.

The controversial Knesset legislation was scheduled for its second and third readings overnight Monday-Tuesday, but was shelved late Monday when it became apparent there was no majority to secure its passage into law.

Despite the initial refusal of ultra-Orthodox parties to delay the vote, coalition chairman David Amsalem had no choice but to do so after it became clear that the numbers were not in their favor, shelving the legislation for another week.

Earlier Monday, the opposition joined coalition party Yisrael Beytenu in refusing to have one lawmaker bow out of voting on the bill, saying it would not perform the traditional courtesy gesture to offset the absence of Likud MK Yehudah Glick, whose wife died hours earlier.

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, who is spearheading the bill, even sought to bring Glick from his wife’s funeral to vote on the bill, before it was postponed.

Even before Glick’s absence, the coalition struggled to muster a majority for the proposal, with the Likud MK among several coalition MKs — including the Yisrael Beytenu party, Likud MK Sharren Haskel, and Kulanu MKs Rachel Azaria, Tali Ploskov, and Merav Ben Ari — who expressed reservations or outright opposition to the bill.



The bill came on the heels of a crisis between the government and its ultra-Orthodox coalition partners that saw Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party resign as health minister last month over his opposition to train maintenance conducted on Shabbat.

Netanyahu quickly reached a deal with the ultra-Orthodox parties under which the government would propose laws maintaining the status quo with regard to Shabbat observance in Israel.

The bill would grant the Interior Ministry the power to oversee and reject local ordinances relating to whether business may remain open on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest that runs from Friday evening through Saturday night.

Though the bill would make an exception for mostly secular Tel Aviv, it could lead to stores in other places being forced to shut down for the Jewish day of rest. The measure came after the High Court upheld Tel Aviv’s right to allow markets to stay open on Shabbat.

Deri’s bill excludes restaurants, cafes, and bars, as well as theaters, concert halls, and other sites of entertainment. Other businesses, however, would be subject to his determination that remaining open on Saturdays was “essential.”

The government next Monday was also scheduled to vote on a proposal to allow Litzman to serve as a deputy minister in the Health Ministry without an overseeing minister. The proposal, which would circumvent a High Court ruling banning the practice, was part of the compromise reached between Netanyahu and the ultra-Orthodox parties. https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-delays-cyprus-trip-to-vote-on-minimarkets-law/ [Another storm brewing on this one. – rdb]


Iranian Israelis stage solidarity protest in Jerusalem

Iranian immigrants wave Iranian flags and Israeli flags in display of solidarity with protesters in Iran; 'You cannot take Iran out of our hearts. Whatever we see in the media is only the regime.'

Adi Rosenberg|Published:  02.01.18 , 23:46

Iranian flags were waved alongside Israeli flags near the Western Wall Tuesday as citizens who had immigrated to Israel from Iran staged a solidarity protest with the protesters in Iran.

Protesters were undeterred by the rain as is drizzled on the Old City as they held signs saying "Help Iran" and "Free Iran" while waving both countries' flags.






Iranian flag in Jerusalem (Photo: AFP)
Rani Amrani, 35, who emigrated from Iran at the age of 16 and now lives in Jerusalem, is one of the organizers. "We are calling on Iranian Israelis as well as all Israelis to support the (will to) freedom of the Iranian people. They say that you can leave Iran, but you cannot take Iran out of our hearts. One who lives in Iran will always feel a connection," said Amrani.
He added that the beauty of Iran should not be overshadowed by the horrors of the regime in Tehran

"(Iran) is a beautiful country with wonderful people, whatever we see in the media is only the regime. The Iranian people do not hate Israel," he said. 



"The Persians always had good relations with the Jews throughout history. What we are seeing now is proof that the regime does not represent the people and that the Iranian people do not want the regime. Iran is a rich country and its wealth is being squandered on the regime and not on the people who are poor."

Amrani said that he still has relatives living in Iran. "They tell us about the mayhem and disorder, I am concerned for them so I told them not to go out on the streets."



Pinkas, another participant, added: "We want the leaders of the world, Trump and Netanyahu, to show support. This is the first step. It is important that Iranians should not fear and that they should receive support from the whole world and the revolution should succeed this time."

Iranian cities have seen six days of protests sparked by economic woes and government corruption. Some participants have been heard calling for the death of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and for the "dictator", Ayatollah Khameini. Twenty-one people have been killed so far and hundreds arrested.

The last major protests in Iran were in 2009 after a reformist candidate lost the election. Centerd in Theran, the capital, the protests mainly gathered attraction from the middle and upper classes. The latest wave of protests that began in Mashad, Iran's second largest city, spread to other regions and gathered a wider spectrum of disgruntled citizens.

There is neither a clear leadership nor a political platform leading the protests. Tehran has also seen some unrest, but the violence was mainly limited to other cities.



Jerusalem's deputy mayor Dov Kalmenovich expressed support for the local protest "Showing solidarity with the Iranian people in its struggle against an Islamist and terrorist regime… we wish for a day when we can renew relations between our two countries."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the anti-government protesters in Iranian on Monday, while denying as "laughable" Tehran’s apparent accusations that Israel was behind the demonstrations. He also criticized the relative silence out of Europe in light of the events.

"Brave Iranians are pouring into the streets. They seek freedom. They seek justice. They seek the basic liberties that have been denied them for decades. Iran’s cruel regime wastes tens of billions of dollars spreading hate," Netanyahu said in remarks that echoed similar praise from US President Donald Trump.

"Iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the Obama Administration. The great Iranian people have been repressed for many years. They are hungry for food & for freedom. Along with human rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted; Time for change!’’ Trump tweeted. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5065582,00.html


Among Netanyahu’s reasons for backing Iran protests: aligning with Trump

PM overrules some of his own security advisers, believing demonstrators need to know the Mideast's only democracy supports their struggle, source says

By Raphael Ahren 2 January 2018, 3:04 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overruled some of his most senior security advisers in expressing support on Monday for Iranian protesters, The Times of Israel has learned.

Netanyahu broke his five-day silence on the wave of anti-government demonstrations both because he wanted to support the Iranian public in its struggle and because he felt it was important he remain fully aligned with the US administration, a well-placed source said.

In his first public comment on the matter after Iranians started taking to the streets Thursday in angry protest of the regime, Netanyahu passionately backed the protesters’ “noble quest for freedom.”



Before the video was published, the prime minister and his staff held an in-depth discussion on how Israel should best react to the unrest, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. [More leaks this time in Israel – The leaders need to purge the leakers. – rdb]

Dismissing concerns by some of his security advisers, who argued that official Israeli support could harm the protesters’ cause, Netanyahu ultimately decided to speak out, according to the source.

“I heard today Iran’s President [Hassan] Rouhani’s claim that Israel is behind the protests in Iran. It’s not only false. It’s laughable,” he said in the clip, issued in the evening on his social media accounts and distributed to journalists on several channels.

One of the three main reasons for Netanyahu’s decision was his conviction that Rouhani’s accusation should not go undisputed, the source said. Israeli silence could have been interpreted as a tacit acknowledgement of involvement.

Furthermore, the prime minister felt that the Iranian people needed to know that the Middle East’s only democracy supports their struggle against the oppressive regime, according to the source. “The Iranian people are smart,” Netanyahu said in the video. “They are sophisticated. They are proud. Today they risk everything for freedom.”

Perhaps most importantly, the prime minister felt it was important for Jerusalem to remain in lockstep with Washington on crucial regional issues. In light of upcoming discussions over the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the future of the Iran nuclear deal and the Syrian civil war, Netanyahu has been seeking to align himself with the administration of Donald Trump on these matters, the source said.

In sharp contrast to the Obama administration, which hesitated to back Iranian protesters during a previous round of unrest that began in 2009, the current White House has taken a clear anti-regime stance.

“The great Iranian people have been repressed for many years. They are hungry for food & for freedom,” Trump tweeted on Monday. “Along with human rights, the wealth of Iran is being looted. TIME FOR CHANGE!”

It was the last of a series of statements made by US officials in support of the protests.

In contrast, Netanyahu in his video Monday criticized “many European governments” for remaining silent “as heroic young Iranians are beaten in the streets.” “That’s just not right. And I, for one, will not stay silent,” he said.

Some Israeli analysts, however, took issue with the prime minister’s decision to back the Iranian protesters, arguing that the last thing they need right now is the official support of Israel’s leader.

“Let’s be clear: Netanyahu’s analysis might be spot on, but this kind of PR gesture is self-serving and doesn’t help the cause of those protesting in Iran,” tweeted Gabriel Mitchell, the US representative of Mitvim – the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies. [Would you like to guess who this person voted for in the election? When they immediately stand up and decry and scream ‘political’ about people advocating for citizens rights you can almost bet they are a liberal. – rdb]

Earlier on Monday, leading Israeli politicians, including Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, had declined to comment on the current unrest in Iran, arguing that the Iranian people are best served if Jerusalem remains quiet.

“I don’t see advantages in Netanyahu’s reaction. I don’t understand why he did it,” said Yoel Guzansky, a senior researcher at Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies, where he focuses on Iran and the Arab Gulf states. “I do see disadvantages,” he added. “Why connect Israel with that? The Iranian regime already says, ‘Look, it’s the Israelis who are behind this wave of of protests.’ Why would we give them more ammunition?”

A more democratic Iran is in Israel’s interest, Guzansky went on, and Jerusalem should look for quite ways to encourage change in this country. “But official Israel should be quiet.” MORE - https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-backing-iran-protests-mainly-to-align-himself-with-trump-source/


Union threatens general strike in Jerusalem over budget battle

After mayor says city will lay off 2,150 workers if it doesn't receive funds he says its owed, labor federation warns it will paralyze capital

By TOI staff 2 January 2018, 11:52 pm

The head of the Histadrut labor federation’s Jerusalem branch said the union will launch a general strike in the capital in coming weeks, after Mayor Nir Barkat said thousands of municipal workers may be laid off if the city doesn’t receive hundreds of millions of shekels in funding it says it is owed by the Finance Ministry.

“I received a message right now from [Histadrut head] Avi Nissenkorn authorizing us to declare an immediate labor dispute, beginning in two weeks,” Hadashot TV news quoted Daniel Bonfil telling municipal employees Tuesday.



Barkat said Monday 2,150 city workers would be laid off if the Jerusalem Municipality doesn’t receive the money from the Finance Ministry. He also warned of deep cuts in funding for public services.

As the municipality has stepped up its campaign to secure the funds it says its owed, city garbage trucks dumped tons of trash outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem Sunday morning. Garbage, also left at other locations in the area, blocked roads in the government quarter. The action came hours before the cabinet was scheduled to hold its weekly meeting nearby, in the Prime Minister’s Office.



Barkat reportedly claims that the capital has not been receiving the budget it deserves, with the reason being that Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon is getting back at him personally for supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the last elections and not Kahlon.

Kahlon, a former minister in Netanyahu’s Likud party, established the Kulanu party as a socially conscious version of Likud, winning 10 seats in the 2015 elections. His brother, Kobi, previously served as deputy mayor under Barkat.

Barkat claims the ostensible political vendetta is costing the capital hundreds of millions of shekels every year. The mayor also charges that Kahlon has not advanced a budgeting law that would give Jerusalem a special grant, Hadashot TV news reported. [USA or Israel – the political infighting is unending. – rdb]

The campaign has persisted for several weeks under the slogan “Kahlon decide: Jerusalem or politics.” The municipality has also published video clips on social media accusing Kahlon of withholding funding and of ignoring pleas from Barkat to release the money.

Critics of Barkat say that in recent years he has allowed his own national political aspirations within Likud to come at the expense of the city.



In a statement, the Finance Ministry rejected Barkat’s claims and said that Kahlon had actually increased budgeting for the capital. “During the term of Finance Minister Kahlon, the special grant given to the city of Jerusalem was doubled and reached a record sum. During our term Jerusalem was given special grants for the unprecedented amount of more than NIS 3 billion ($860 million). Furthermore, Kahlon reduced corporate tax in Jerusalem in order to draw companies and factories to the city. Jerusalem stands above all disputes, and the Finance Ministry will continue to strengthen it and its residents exactly as it has done until today.”

Figures released by the National Insurance Institute earlier this month found that the poorest region in the country continued to be Jerusalem, where some 55 percent of children live under the poverty line (down from 58% in 2015), followed by northern and southern Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/union-threatens-general-strike-in-jerusalem-over-budget-battle/


India shoots down $500m missile deal with Israel ahead of Netanyahu visit

Delhi also announces purchase of 131 Barak surface-to-air missiles from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for $70 million

By Judah Ari Gross 2 January 2018, 6:41 pm

A $500 million anti-tank missiles deal between India and Israel’s Rafael weapons manufacturer has been officially canceled, ahead of an official visit to New Delhi by by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At the same time, Delhi said it would buy over 100 surface-to-air missiles.

On Tuesday, a spokesperson for Rafael Advanced Defense Systems confirmed an Israel Radio report that the company had received official notice from the Indian government that the deal for Spike missiles was nixed last week.

“Rafael was disappointed to receive the decision,” the company said in a statement. “It should be stressed that the cancellation was done before the contract was signed, and despite the fact that the company fulfilled all its requirements,” Rafael said.



In November, Indian media reported that the cancellation of the deal for Spike missiles was forthcoming. At the time, David Keynan, vice chairman of the Federation of Indo-Israeli Chambers of Commerce, warned that it could have negative repercussions not only on defense contracts between the two countries, but throughout the market.

“It is a very noteworthy deal. It will have an impact not only on defense trade, but on all trade,” Keynan said at the time, speaking over the phone from Bangalore, India.



The initial deal for the Spike anti-tank guided missile was signed in 2014. While the final agreement had yet to be approved by both parties, Rafael had started preparations for delivering the missile, opening a production facility in India in August with its local partner, the Indian industrial giant Kalyani Group.

The factory will not be sold or abandoned, but will be used by company for other projects in India.



Hours before the cancelation was confirmed, the Indian Defense Ministry said Tuesday it would buy 131 Barak surface-to-air missiles from Rafael for $70 million. The Barak missiles are to be used for India’s first aircraft carrier, which is under construction.

Netanyahu will lead a business delegation to India on a five-day trip starting January 14. Israel has become a major defense supplier to India, selling an average of $1 billion of military equipment each year.

“[Rafael] will still take part in the delegation led by the prime minister,” the company said Tuesday.

Last April, the two countries signed a military deal worth nearly $2 billion which includes the supply over several years of medium-range surface-to-air missiles, launchers and communications technology. It was unclear whether the deal announced Tuesday was part of that.

According to the Indian Express news outlet, the decision to cancel the Spike deal was made this week in order to protect Delhi’s own Defense Research and Development Organization, which is working on creating its own anti-tank guided missile.

Indian military sources told the website that DRDO had already produced a few varieties of anti-tank guided missiles and was “confident” that it could produce one on par with the Israeli Spike.

The Indian military, which currently uses an inferior anti-tank missile that does not work well at night, reportedly expressed concerns that the decision to scrap the Spike deal would negatively affect its preparedness, and that there was “operational urgency” for the Israeli missile. MORE - https://www.timesofisrael.com/india-shoots-down-500m-missile-deal-with-israel-ahead-of-netanyahu-visit/


Palestinians: Law making Jerusalem division harder is a ‘declaration of war’

Abbas's spokesman says legislation that requires a vote of 80 lawmakers to relinquish any part of capital marks 'end of so-called political process'

By TOI staff 2 January 2018, 5:09 pm

The Palestinian Authority accused Israel of “declaring war” on the Palestinian people Tuesday, hours after Knesset lawmakers passed a bill making it harder to relinquish parts of East Jerusalem.

Early Tuesday morning, the Knesset voted 64-51 to pass the law, which requires a special two-thirds majority majority of lawmakers — 80 of the Knesset’s 120 — to give up any part of Jerusalem, potentially complicating peace efforts with Palestinians who see the eastern part of the city as their future capital.



“This vote clearly indicates that Israel has officially declared the end of the so-called political process and has already begun to impose dictating and de facto policies,” said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for PA President Mahmoud Abbas, in comments carried by the official Wafa news agency.

The agency said he had called the legislation “a declaration of war.”

Abu Rudeineh also called for international action against, “Israel’s uncontrolled behavior that is pushing the region into the abyss.” “We will not allow in any way to allow such plans that are dangerous for the future of the region and the world to pass,” he said.

On Monday, top Abbas aide Saeb Erekat blamed American silence and US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital for the Knesset feeling emboldened to go ahead with the legislation.

“The US administration is adopting the occupation’s positions,” Erekat, the Palestinians’ longtime chief negotiator, told Palestinian radio. “The Palestinians will fight against US and Israeli attempts to impose solutions.”

A day earlier, Abbas called on Israel to rethink its “aggressive policies and actions against our people.”

The legislation, an amendment to the Basic Law on Jerusalem, requires 80 of the 120 MKs to support relinquishing any part of the city.

The Jerusalem Law, passed in 1980 and amended in 2000, stated: “No authority that is stipulated in the law of the State of Israel or of the Jerusalem Municipality may be transferred either permanently or for an allotted period of time to a foreign body, whether political, governmental or to any other similar type of foreign body.”

Jerusalem has been in the spotlight in recent weeks since Trump recognized the city as Israel’s capital and said he would move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

In an address from the White House earlier this month, Trump defied worldwide warnings and insisted that after repeated failures to achieve peace, a new approach was long overdue. He described his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as merely based on reality.

The move was hailed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and by leaders across much of the Israeli political spectrum. It sparked protests across the Arab and Muslim world and violent demonstrations by the Palestinians, including a call for a new intifada from the Hamas terror group.

Trump stressed that he was not specifying the boundaries of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem, and called for no change in the status quo at the city’s holy sites.

Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1980, but the move has not been recognized internationally and most countries refuse to recognize any part of the city as Israel’s capital, saying it was an issue that will need to be decided in negotiations with the Palestinians. https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-say-law-making-jerusalem-division-harder-a-declaration-of-war/ [ If you really want to get down to brass tacks, Israel should stop referring to the Israeli Islamic arabs as ‘palestinians’. They have always simply been Islamic arabs who lived in the territory of Israel which was named Palestina by Rome. They were not a nation, had no currency or indigenous government (they were under the Ottoman Empire) and until the Jews arrived were predominantly rather nomadic like the Bedouins. My allowing them to adopt the title they have been legitimized. Similarly they need to stop calling the area of Judea/Samaria the ‘west bank’ because properly it is Judea and Samaria. Israel is allowing others to impose their views of identity on their country. – rdb]
Rebuffing Trump aid threat, Palestinians say Jerusalem ‘not for sale’

US president 'sabotaged our search for peace, freedom and justice' in recognizing Israel's capital, senior official fumes

By AFP and TOI staff Today, 8:05 amUpdated at 11:48 am

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s office said Wednesday that Jerusalem is “not for sale” after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut annual aid of more than $300 million to force them to the negotiating table.

“Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the state of Palestine and it is not for sale for gold or billions,” Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh told AFP, referring to Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Following the US president’s December 6 declaration, Abbas said the US had relinquished its traditional role as the mediator of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. He has also refused to meet with American officials regarding the peace process.

“We are not against going back to negotiations, but (these should be) based on international laws and resolutions that have recognized an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital,” Abu Rudeineh said.

His comments came hours after Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestinian National Council, said the Palestinians would not be “blackmailed” by US threats. “President Trump has sabotaged our search for peace, freedom and justice. Now he dares to blame the Palestinians for the consequences of his own irresponsible actions!” she said in a statement. MORE - https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-official-we-wont-be-blackmailed-by-trumps-threat-to-cut-funding/ [I do hope that The Donald carries thru with his comments because a few months of no money and the “PA” will be up in arms and Abbas and friends will get booted. – rdb]


Jerusalem bishop: Palestinian seductress sent to entrap me

After being accused of selling land to Jews, Syriac bishop says he was set up by PA officials who tried to stain his reputation with sexual allegations made by a woman found to be the wife of one of the Palestinians allegedly persecuting him.

Yishai Porat|Published:  02.01.18 , 14:55

A Syriac Orthodox bishop based in Jerusalem has claimed the Palestinian Authority had sent a call girl to him in an attempt to entrap him. Murad Severius, 51, was investigated by police after having been accused of committing sex crimes, but the case was closed two weeks ago due to the lack of evidence.

His feud with the Palestinian Authority began when Severius purchased several properties worth $1.5 million dollars from the PA in 2010. He later learned that forged papers were used in the transaction and the properties did not in fact exist. He sued for fraud, with the case still ongoing at a Bethlehem court.

In May of 2014, a young Palestinian woman filed a complaint against him for sexual assault. She claimed he abused her sexually at his private residence above the church in Jerusalem's Old City. The investigation against him was closed two weeks later.

When the girl appealed the decision, the case was reopened and Severius was summoned for a hearing ahead of an indictment.

During the hearing, Severius's defense team presented evidence alleging the girl had been sent by PA officials who allegedly wanted the bishop to lose his position due to his ties with Israeli authorities and the fact he sells property to Jews.

The woman, Severius argued, decided to complain against him after a fortune teller in Bethlehem convinced her to do so. Furthermore, the bishop claimed the woman was the wife of a Palestinian who was involved in persecuting him for his ties to Jews.

Severius also claimed that during a festive ceremony in Bethlehem in 2016, attended by thousands of members of the Syriac Orthodox denomination, the PA had decided to arrest and humiliate him. They interrogated him, both, regarding the alleged sex crimes and also regarding the claims he sold properties to Jews.

Severius said a week later he was called in again by the PA and was offered a deal, whereby he would drop his lawsuit, and in return they would ensure the girl dropped the charges against him.

After his hearing, the District Attorney's Office decided to close the case for lack of evidence. "I am glad that the case was closed, and it is now behind me. I have been through a difficult three years," said Severius.

The bishop's attorney said that if he had gone to trial for the alleged sex crimes, his standing among world Christians would be severely harmed.

"Interested parties from the PA who sought to get rid of the bishop cunningly and blatantly forged documents and managed to get him fired by his superiors. They also sent a young woman to claim that he sexually abused her. They knew that the damage caused to him would be irreparable, and they nevertheless spared no effort to harm him," said his attorney Ariel Atari. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5065055,00.html [Another clear indication of the lengths that the Islamic groups will do to ‘advance their agenda’. The fact that it involves lying “Taqiyah” is irrelevant. The issue is to advance islam and destroy the infidel. – rdb]


El Salvador says it won’t follow US, Guatamela on Jerusalem embassy move

Salvadorean FM says decision to keep diplomatic facility in Tel Aviv made 'out of respect for the peace process in the Middle East'

By JTA 2 January 2018, 6:24 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO — El Salvador, the last nation to move its embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem, announced it will not return to the capital.



“We will not move our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem out of respect for the peace process in the Middle East and particularly Israel and Palestine,” Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez said during an interview with a local TV channel, the Spanish-language Jewish news service Aurora reported. [If he really understood, he would know that there never has been a peace process. – rdb]

“Each country makes its own decision regarding foreign policy and El Salvador does not judge the determination of other countries, so we hope that the Salvadoran government will not be judged either,” he added.



In 2006, El Salvador was the last country to move its embassy from Jerusalem in a bid to please Arab nations. One week before, Costa Rica also announced it would pull its diplomatic mission out of capital. Therefore, at least for a few days, El Salvador remained the only country in the world with an embassy in Jerusalem.

On December 24, Guatemala’s President Jimmy Morales announced that he would move his country’s embassy to Jerusalem. In a Facebook post, he said that he had instructed his country’s chancellor “to initiate the respective coordination so that it may be.” The decision followed a conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The announcement was flanked by a photo of the Guatemalan and Israeli flags fluttering side-by-side in the wind. The leaders, he said, spoke about “the excellent relations that we have had as nations since Guatemala supported the creation of the state of Israel. One of the most important topics was the return of the embassy of Guatemala to Jerusalem.”

Days before, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a non-binding resolution rejecting any recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in reaction to US President Donald Trump’s pronouncement on December 6 that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and begin taking steps to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Guatemala was one of nine countries that voted with the United States against the resolution. Some 128 countries voted in favor of the resolution and 35 abstained.



In early 2016, El Salvador denied rumors it would close its embassy in Tel Aviv and move it to Ramallah, in the West Bank, in retaliation for Israel’s decision to close its embassy in San Salvador due to budget cuts. MORE - https://www.timesofisrael.com/el-salvador-says-it-wont-follow-us-guatamela-on-jerusalem-embassy-move/
US envoy calls for emergency UN session on Iran protests

Nikki Haley says claim by supreme leader that 'enemies' fomenting unrest is 'complete nonsense'

By AFP 2 January 2018, 10:55 pm

UNITED NATIONS — The US Ambassador to the United Nations called on the international community to speak out on the unfolding protests in Iran, saying the US would seek emergency UN talks on the situation.

“The people of Iran are crying out for freedom,” Nikki Haley said at a news conference. “All freedom-loving people must stand with their cause.” She said the United States would be seeking emergency sessions of the UN Security Council and the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Commission in the coming days.

Haley rejected as “complete nonsense” charges by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that the five-day-old protests were being fomented by the country’s “enemies.”

“The freedoms that are enshrined in the United Nations charter are under attack in Iran. Dozens have already been killed. Hundreds have been arrested,” she said.

“If the Iranian dictatorship’s history is any guide, we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come,” she said.

Tehran said 21 people had died in clashes across the country as thousands of people took to the streets. Police have arrested hundreds of demonstrators.

Khamenei had blamed the country’s “enemies” earlier Tuesday for almost six days of deadly unrest that have shaken the conservative country. “The enemies have united and are using all their means, money, weapons, policies and security services to create problems for the Islamic regime,” Khamenei said.

A fifth night of unrest Monday to Tuesday saw six protesters killed during an attack on a police station in Qahderijan in the central province of Isfahan, state TV said, bringing the death toll to 21. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-envoy-calls-for-emergency-un-session-on-iran-protests/
Nuclear deadlines approach for Trump as protests flare in Iran

By Michael Wilner January 2, 2018 21:11

Trump will once again face a deadline on January 11 to certify the nuclear accord.

WASHINGTON — As demonstrations against the Islamist government rage across Iran, US President Donald Trump is facing a series of critical deadlines governing US participation in its nuclear deal with world powers.


Trump will once again face a deadline on January 11 to certify the nuclear accord, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, under US law, after in October declining to do so and asserting that Tehran's performance under the deal was not proportionate to US sanctions relief.

The following week, Trump will confront several deadlines – these renewed every 120 days – to wave biting sanctions on Iran that the US committed to lift under the nuclear deal.


The Senate parliamentarian is reviewing whether Trump in fact must issue a certification decision to Congress once again this month, or whether his failure to certify once lets him off the hook from issuing future certification decisions, sources tell The Jerusalem Post. Senate Foreign Relations Committee members expect clarity on that technical matter at the opening of the new Senate session.
Regardless, Trump will have to issue sanctions waivers if the US is to remain within the letter of the JCPOA. And a wave of unrest in Iran welcomed by the Trump administration may have an impact on how the president proceeds.
Trump linked the nuclear deal with recent protests in Iran on Tuesday morning in a Twitter message. "The people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime. All of the money that President Obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their 'pockets,'" he wrote, referring to the sanctions relief Iran received immediately upon implementation of the JCPOA. The deal was negotiated under the Obama administration.
"The people have little food, big inflation and no human rights," Trump continued. "The US is watching!"
Anthems from five days of marches across Iran have suggested a common theme: Frustration with the clerical government's involvement in foreign wars. "“Not Gaza, Not Lebanon, My Life Only for Iran!," goes one chant. "Let Syria Be, Do Something for Me!," goes another.
Upon its completion in 2015, the nuclear deal was polled as widely popular in Iran, seen as a harbinger of economic relief for a country whose economy has remained stagnant for over a decade.
Iranian leaders have claimed that Europe and the US have not abided by the "spirit" of the JCPOA, which calls on world powers to reintegrate Iran into international markets and financial systems.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this report. http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Nuclear-deadlines-approach-for-Trump-as-protests-flare-in-Iran-522683
Goodbye Egypt, hello Kuwait: UN Security Council gets six new members

Among countries to join body are Equatorial Guinea and Poland, both of which abstained on a General Assembly vote condemning US Jerusalem recognition

By AFP and TOI staff 2 January 2018, 9:43 pm

Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and the Netherlands formally joined the ranks of the non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday “to make a difference,” the body’s president said.

“Peace and security are difficult to achieve,” Kazakh envoy Kairat Umarov, who took the rotating presidency in January, told council members at a special ceremony. “You are going to have a real chance to make a difference.”



Last month, Equatorial Guinea and Poland were among the countries that didn’t vote in favor a General Assembly resolution condemning US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Peru and the Netherlands also voted for the measure, which was backed by 128 states.

One after the other on Tuesday, ambassadors representing the council’s six new member countries — five men and a woman, Polish envoy Joanna Wronecka — placed their flag among those of the body’s nine other members.

The UN Security Council has 15 members, including five with permanent seats who have the power to veto resolutions — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

Three women and 12 men are among the 15 ambassadors who will soon be seated at the U-shaped table in the center of the Security Council’s chamber.

In addition to Wronecka and US envoy Nikki Haley, Karen Pierce will take her seat later this month as Britain’s new ambassador.

The six countries who left the UN Security Council on December 31 are Egypt, Italy, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay. All six voted for an Egyptian-backed resolution last month condemning the US recognition, which was vetoed by the US.

Unlike in the General Assembly, Security Council resolutions are binding. https://www.timesofisrael.com/goodbye-egypt-hello-kuwait-un-security-council-gets-six-new-members/
Rouhani calls on Macron to act over anti-Iran ‘terrorists’ in France

Iranian president accuses exiled opposition group of fomenting recent protests

By Agencies 2 January 2018, 10:31 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani phoned his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to demand action against a “terrorist” Iranian opposition group he accused of fomenting recent protests. “We criticize the fact that a terrorist group has a base in France and acts against the Iranian people… and we await action from the French government against this terrorist group,” Rouhani told Macron, according to a report on Iranian state television. [No, they are not acting against the Iranian people they are supporting the people by encouraging confrontation of the repressive government. – rdb]

He was referring to an exiled Iranian opposition group based in Paris and called the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq. Iranian authorities accuse the group, which the regime describes as “hypocrites,” of fueling the unrest rocking the Islamic republic and of links with regional Sunni rival Saudi Arabia.

General Rassul Sanairad, a political deputy to the head of the powerful Revolutionary Guards, said Tuesday the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq had been instructed by the Saudi rulers and some European states to “create insecurity” in Iran, Tasnim news agency reported.

Nearly a week of unrest has seen 21 people killed and hundreds arrested in Iran, in the biggest test for the Islamic regime in years.

It began in second city Mashhad on Thursday and quickly spread to other towns and cities.

However, Tehran’s deputy mayor said the city, which had witnessed small protests the past three nights, was calm on Tuesday night and no incidents had been reported, ISNA news agency said.

Earlier on Tuesday, France expressed concern over the “number of victims and arrests” in the protests roiling Iran. The Foreign Ministry said “the right to protest freely is a fundamental right.”

It also said human rights will be a top priority in France’s discussions with Iranian authorities in the coming weeks. MORE - https://www.timesofisrael.com/rouhani-calls-on-macron-to-act-over-anti-iran-terrorists-in-france/ [Just keep watching and see if the liberal French prostitute Macron kisses the backside of Rouhani . – rdb]


'You are Obama': Voters scorch Romney in Senate speculation

Many urge Mitt not to run: 'You are part of the deep state Trump is trying to dismantle'

Published: 12 mins ago

In the wake of Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch’s announcement that he would retire early next year at the end of his term, there have been numerous reports suggesting former Massachusetts Gov. and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was considering running for that seat.

Romney himself took to Facebook to offer his gratitude to Hatch, but did not disclose his own intentions.

“I join the people of Utah in thanking my friend, Senator Orrin Hatch for his more than forty years of service to our great state and nation,” Romney stated.

“As Chairman of the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees and as the longest-serving Republican Senator in U.S. history, Senator Hatch has represented the interests of Utah with distinction and honor. Ann and I wish Senator Orrin Hatch and his loving wife Elaine all the best in their future endeavors.”



But those who read Romney’s remarks on Facebook are not being shy about their opinion of him, with many strongly urging him not to run.

“Romney you are washed up, you couldn’t win the presidency which you could have easily won and now you want to be a senator? You are Obama and Obama is you,” wrote Shawn Jaryno. “You are not a conservative or a constitutionalist. Now you may run because Why? It’s an easy win so you can add back to the swamp.”

Many others had similar thoughts opposing an possible Senate candidacy by Romney:

Steve Caffrey: “You can win in Utah but President Trump does not need another John McCain type malcontent keeping him from getting his Agenda thru. Don’t run we don’t need you.” MORE - http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/you-are-obama-voters-scorch-romney-in-senate-speculation/


Report: Scientists Find Alzheimer’s Treatment While Trying To Cure Diabetes

January 2, 2018 at 2:45 pm

(CBS Local) — Although their goal was to cure diabetes, scientists may have stumbled onto a new medication to help treat the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s disease.

According to a press release from researchers at Lancaster University, a new drug being tested for diabetes patients was found to have “significantly reversed memory loss” in test subjects and is now being examined as possible treatment for neurodegenerative disorders.

The medication, known as a triple receptor drug — or “triple agonist” — reportedly works in multiple ways to protect the brain against degeneration and promote growth. Researchers say that a study of mice being given the drug found that the animals had an increased ability to learn and retain memories.

“These very promising outcomes demonstrate the efficacy of these novel multiple receptor drugs that originally were developed to treat type 2 diabetes,” Professor Christian Holscher said in the release.



The scientists added that the mice showed a decrease in chronic inflammation and amyloid plaques in the brain, which have been linked to the development of Alzheimer’s in people.

“With no new treatments in nearly 15 years, we need to find new ways of tackling Alzheimer’s,” Dr. Doug Brown of the Alzheimer’s Society said. “It’s imperative that we explore whether drugs developed to treat other conditions can benefit people with Alzheimer’s.”

The discovery of the diabetes drug’s side-effect is not a complete coincidence to the researchers. The findings, published in the journal Brain Research, point to the link between some of the symptoms of diabetes and their link to Alzheimer’s. Insulin desensitisation is not only one of the key effects suffered by diabetes patients, the hormone’s lack of production has also reportedly been observed in the brains of people affected by the memory-stealing disorder. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/02/alzheimers-treatment-diabetes/ [This is really amazing. It could definitely change the entire landscape of geriatric care. – rdb]





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Gun range owner who declared a ‘Muslim Free Zone’ will run for Arkansas governor

By Max Londberg January 02, 2018 10:11 AM UPDATED 50 MINUTES AGO

A gun range owner who drew national attention for calling her establishment a “Muslim Free Zone” will run for Arkansas governor.

Jan Morgan, owner of the Gun Cave Indoor Firing Range in Hot Springs, made the announcement in a video posted to YouTube on Dec. 30.

In the Republican primary, she’ll challenge incumbent Asa Hutchinson, who was elected in 2014. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article192535829.html [This will send the leftist nuts over the edge. – rdb]


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Identity Politics Works Until You Run Out of Other People

Posted by Daniel Greenfield Monday, January 01, 2018

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously observed that socialism works until you run out of other people’s money. Identity politics also works until you run out of other people.


And then #MeToo becomes #NotMeToo.
Other people’s money can be borrowed against. That’s why we have the national debt that we do. But identity politics has multiplied too abruptly and explosively to postpone the reckoning much longer. What were once simple categories of three races and two genders has mutated into an infinite alphabet of sexual identities, a Big Bang of ethnicities, national, cultural, racial and religious, each with its own microaggressions, that easily tops two hundred and shows no signs of slowing down its expansion.
Intersectionality, the Das Kapital of identity politics economics, tries to manage the complex network of interactions even as it purges Jews and white people. And now it’s even starting to purge men.
The left is running out of other people.
#MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, the campus purges of ‘whiteness’ and ‘toxic masculinity’, the civil wars within the LGBT alphabet soup all point to the ‘other people’ crisis of the left. The latest social justice wave has made men, white people and even white gay men into hate objects. The resentment coalition of identity politics is fracturing into a tribal war of identity microgroups against everyone else.
The economics of socialism and the political economics of identity politics both come down to the core leftist creed of redistributing the wealth and privilege supposedly hoarded by a minority. Seize all the wealth from the rich and fund free health care. Take away white privilege and open up society. Open the borders of the United States to the Third World. Shut down factories and end all pollution. Destroy capitalism, the patriarchy, heteronormativity, whiteness and every other strawman raised up by the left.
That is the engine of the three radical R’s of the left: Resentment, Revolution and Redistribution.
It’s a scam. Like every scam, it relies on using the greed of the mark against him. Con artists are in the easy money business. They promise the men and women they scam that they can have easy money. But it’s only the con artist who ends up easily making money out of the deal. That’s the scam the left pulls.
It’s why leftist politics is the greatest and deadliest scam ever perpetrated in human history.
The Russian peasants who were promised their own land were instead chained to feudal collectivist farms. They were reduced to sharecroppers who were unable to leave the lands of their masters. The workers who were promised bread starved in the cities. The soldiers who were promised peace died in a more horrifying war. When Stalin told his mother that he was the new czar, the scam was complete.
It was the same story from the Soviet Union to Communist China, from Cuba to Cambodia, from the ghettoes of blue states to the rusting factories of union shops, from the decaying farmlands of Europe to the blighted working class of Britain. The scam ends with mass misery for everyone except the leftist scammers. The revolutionaries get rich and powerful while everyone else loses everything.
But every scam has a choke point. That’s where the bait turns out to be the hook. It’s where the revolution runs out of other people’s money and comes for your life savings. It’s when environmentalism doesn’t mean shutting someone else’s factory, but raising your energy bills, banning your plastic bags and shutting down the business that pays your wages.
It’s when the new horrible racist or sexist of the week isn’t that guy on the news. It’s you.
The choke point is when the revolution you supported runs out of all the other people who supposedly had it coming. And its machinery of smears, thievery and murder (for the people) reaches you.
The great scam of the left is convincing the majority that the solution to their problems lies with a small minority. Get rid of the 1 percent and the 99 percent will live like kings. Get rid of a few southern racists and we can all be brothers. Ban X, regulate Y and outlaw Z and we’ll all be better off for it.
The choke point is when the small minority expands to include you. And then it’s no longer a few billionaires. It’s the upper middle class. And then it’s the entire middle class. It’s all white people. It’s all men. And then it’s everyone. The minority turns out to be the majority. And that’s the scam.
Identity politics is approaching its own choke point. It’s running out of other people.
The theme of intersectionality is that everyone is privileged and everyone is oppressed. The choke point of identity politics is being hidden behind complex formulas that openly stigmatize all white people and all men, but that’s the bait that actually and ultimately lines up everyone for privilege redistribution.
The war on ‘whiteness’, a racist academic construct, is the identity politics equivalent of the denunciations of the middle class. The ‘white privilege’ slogan makes it clear that the left isn’t just coming for a small indefensible minority (which is where the left always starts its lynch mob), but for a narrow and envied majority. White people in identity politics, like the middle class in economics, are the choke point where the seductive 1 percent lie gives way to the lesser lie that splits society apart.
Intersectionality is the identity politics equivalent of Bolshevism. Inside its rhetoric and formulas is the final and fatal truth that it isn’t merely a narrow minority that must be dispossessed, but everyone. It’s not only a small minority or even a majority that is guilty. Everyone is oppressive. Everyone is guilty.
Universal guilt is the jagged hook waiting at the end of the shiny lure. The left educates its marks into resenting easy targets and then expands that resentment into circles that eventually encompass our entire society. No race, class or gender is truly exempt. Eventually the purges even reach the acolytes of the left. Just ask the old Bolsheviks of the USSR or the leftist media heads rolling under #MeToo.
It’s the final stop of leftist politics where all its rotten ideas sink into the muck. Everyone is guilty of polluting the environment. And everyone must pay the carbon tax. Everyone has privilege and must check their privilege. Everyone has too much money. Even if they hardly have anything at all.
The left is not in the business of partial revolutions. That too is part of the scam. Its revolutions are total. And totally fatal. The revolutions begin with the 1 percent, but they are meant to end with 100 percent.
Leftist revolutions run on resentment and greed. And when they have worked through the most obvious targets of that resentment and greed, they will turn on anyone who can be resented or envied.
And that’s everyone. Everyone is enviable to at least one other person. And that’s enough.
Intersectionality’s mantra of universal privilege and guilt is in the toxic DNA of leftist politics. Everyone is guilty. Everyone must pay. No race, gender or class provides any ultimate immunity from the reckoning. With so many identities, the next purge can come from anywhere. Even as the left rages against Trump, its own civil war is underway. Sandernistas are battling Clintonistas. Every group is asserting its own oppression. Leftists are readying a final purge of pro-life Dems. Campus culture denounces whiteness. Everyone is waiting for the next social justice hashtag to sweep through with its wave of political terror.
The revolution is here. And leftists are running out of other people to feed to the guillotine.

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2018/01/identity-politics-works-until-you-run.html


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