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“Target” Plans Stores for Astoria & Elmhurst; Queens Residents Push Back

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Target has stores planned for Astoria and Elmhurst — and lots of people don’t like it. Both locations are schedule to open for business no later than 2022. Photo Credit: Shutterstock

Target has stores planned for Astoria and Elmhurst — and lots of people don’t like it.

Both locations are schedule to open for business no later than 2022. The locations are excellent, close to transportation and a wide variety of other retail businesses. The fear is that the big box retailer will steal employees and hurt the communities.

By Pat Savage

At present, the chain has 78 stores in the greater New York area, and over 17,000 employees. According to the company more than a dozen of those stores are so-called smaller-format outlets that measure about 40,000 square feet, roughly a third the size of a full-size store. Eight more smaller locations are planned in New York City.

“These corporations — Amazon, Target, Walmart, whoever — treat our neighborhoods like corporate playgrounds, and think our people are just open wallets,” said Patricia Chou, an organizer with Queens Neighborhoods United, in an interview with The City.

As to be expected, rallies were held on Friday afternoon to protest Target’s imminent arrival.

“In one particular bustling corner of Queens at 31st Street and Ditmars Boulevard, the arrival of Target would replace five active businesses–including a Key Food supermarket–and some vacant storefronts,” reports the web site 6sqft.com. “The busy intersection is already home to several banks, a CVS and a Starbucks. Last March, the owner of the property in question signed a memorandum with Target for a 15-year lease on a 47,000-square-foot, three-floor construction project, and there is an application for a demolition permit on file with the Department of Buildings. The new development includes 45,000 square feet of retail space in addition to Target.”

As 6sqft.com continues, “Many employees of the Key Food store are members of UFCW Local 1500. Larry Mandell, the store’s franchise owner, says he’d like to stay in the space, but his lease expires in October 2020, and he hasn’t heard back from the landlord regarding renewal negotiations.”

Meanwhile, expansion continues. The chain is preparing to open a new store in Washington Heights in 2020. It will occupy an approximately 25,000-square-foot space on West 181st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, a Target spokesperson said.

The opening was first reported by real estate publication The Real Deal, which spotted a new lease filing with the city Department of Finance. Target secured a 15-year lease at 600 W. 181st St. with landlord Maverick Management Corporation, Patch.com reports. It adds, “Target will have the option to extend the fifteen-year lease for an additional 15 years in three terms of five years, according to public records. The lease does not specify how much Target will pay for the space.”

US Expects China Tariff Retaliation

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The U.S. said Sunday it expects that China will retaliate with increased tariffs on U.S. exports after President Donald Trump sharply boosted levies on Chinese products headed to the United States.

By; Ken Bredemeier

Chief White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told “Fox News Sunday” that “both sides will suffer” from the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China, the world’s two biggest economies.

In the U.S., he said that “maybe the toughest burdens” are on farmers who sell soybeans, corn and wheat to China. But he said the Trump administration has “helped them before on lost exports” with $12 billion in subsidies and that “we’ll do it again if we have to and if the numbers show that out.”

Trump on Friday more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods, boosting the rate from 10 percent to 25 percent, while also moving to impose tariffs on an additional $300 billion of Chinese products, although Kudlow said it could take months for the full effect of the tariffs to be felt. China had previously imposed taxes on $110 billion of American products, but has not said how it might retaliate against Trump’s latest increase in tariffs.

Trade talks between the two economic super powers have been going on in Beijing and Washington for months, but they recessed again in the U.S. capital on Friday without a deal being reached.

“We were moving well, constructive talks and I still think that’s the case,” Kudlow said. “We’re going to continue the talks as the president suggested.”

Kudlow said Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to discuss trade issues at the G-20 summit in Japan at the end of June.

The economic adviser renewed U.S. claims that China had backtracked from earlier agreements reached in the talks, forcing negotiators to cover “the same ground this past week.”

“You can’t forget this: This is a huge deal, the broadest scope and scale…. two countries have ever had before,” Kudlow said. “But we have to get through a lot of issues. For many years, China trade was unfair, non-reciprocal, unbalanced in many cases, unlawful.”

The U.S. has claimed that China steals technology and forces U.S. companies to divulge trade secrets it uses in its own production of advanced technology products.

On Saturday, Trump suggested that China could be waiting to see if he wins reelection next year but said Beijing would be “much worse” off during a second term of his in the White House.

“I think that China felt they were being beaten so badly in the recent negotiation that they may as well wait around for the next election, 2020, to see if they could get lucky & have a Democrat win,” he said, “in which case they would continue to rip-off the USA for $500 Billion a year.”

“Such an easy way to avoid Tariffs?” the U.S. leader said, “Make or produce your goods and products in the good old USA. It’s very simple!” (VOA)

 

Report: US Won’t Oppose Israeli Sovereignty Over Communities in Judea & Samaria

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Israel’s Channel 12 reported on Sunday that the United States signaled it won’t stand in the way of Israeli moves to extend sovereignty over Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.

By: WIN Staff

According to a Channel 12 report on Sunday, President Donald Trump’s long-awaited “deal of the century” Mideast peace plan envisions all Jewish communities remaining under Israeli control, with Arab towns remaining under the Palestinians’ jurisdiction.

With regard to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign vow to extend sovereignty to Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, the Channel 12 report claimed that the U.S. will not actively oppose or object to such a move.

Currently, close to half a million Israeli Jews live in Judea and Samaria, in small towns and larger communities alike. Israel secured the territory when it defeated Jordan in 1967’s Six-Day War.

The Channel 12 report indicated that the U.S. would stop short of endorsing Israeli sovereignty over or annexation of communities in Judea and Samaria, and that Netanyahu is expected to proceed with his plan to extend Israeli civil law in those areas.

The U.S. recently recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which had been under Israeli control since the Jewish state defeated Syria in the Six-Day War.

Whether or not Trump’s Mideast peace plan conforms to the numerous purported leaks regarding its terms remains to be seen, with the plan’s official roll-out expected in June, following the conclusion of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Trump advisers such as Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt have dismissed many of the leaks as false, but have also communicated that the plan will take an unconventional approach to the Israel-Palestinian peace process. (World Israel News)

Read more at: worldisraelnews.com

 

Exposing the Danger of Rep Ilhan Omar to the Furtherance of Visceral Jew Hatred in America

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Since her election to congress in November of 2016, Rep Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has not only gained national recognition as the first Somali born Muslim woman ever elected to Congress, but has drawn international attention for her highly controversial, patently erroneous and bellicose comments concerning Israel and Jews in general. Omar follows the BDS line of propaganda and spews forth spurious accusations concerning Israel’s purported oppression of the Palestinians while she openly expresses her wishes to introduce legislation that would isolate Israel from the international community. She has consistently said that “it is all about the Benjamins” which translates into “the Jews have all the money and power.” These classic anti-Semitic tropes and other remarks of a Jew hating nature are darkly reminiscent of the Nazi propaganda machine, however they have come to represent the new, anti-Israel posture that has become acceptable in the ranks of the political party that she is affiliated with. Her support of Hamas and other terror organizations are also cause for great concern as well as her general anti-American values stance. Tragically, she has the full-throated support of many left-wing anti-Israel organizations and the deleterious impact she has already made continues to flourish unabated.

Below, please find articles that will help you become acquainted with an elected official who is nothing but a paradigm of pure hate of everything that we, as Americans. hold dear.     

The Danger of Ilhan Omar & Her Cronies

Bodega Owners Launch Boycott of NY Post Over Ilhan Omar Headline

Pelosi Requested Security Assessment for Rep. Ilhan Omar Amidst Controversy

Rep. Ilhan Omar Faces Hundreds of Protesters Outside CAIR Fundraiser in California

Rep Ilhan Omar & the Land of the Pirates

Will Ilhan Omar Finally Wake Up the Jewish People?

Ilhan Omar Has Company Pushing Dual Loyalty Narrative

House Dems to Vote on Resolution Condemning Rep. Ilhan Omar for Anti-Semitism

US Evangelical Leader Seeking to Oust ‘Pro-Hamas’ Ilhan Omar from Congress

 

 

Giuliani Cancels Trip to Ukraine; Biden’s Camp Responds

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Joe Biden’s campaign has offered its first response after Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani originally said on Thursday that he would make a trip to the Ukraine to urge the country to investigate the Democratic presidential candidate.

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On Friday night, Giuliani had announced that the trip was to be cancelled, “It’s great to see all these strong progressive voices stand up to this attempt at a blatantly political smear which in and of itself reflects the urgent need for change and to restore the soul of the country,” a Biden campaign official told CNN.

CNN reported that Giuliani planned to meet with the country’s president-elect to encourage him to pursue two matters of interest to Trump: restarting an investigation into a Ukrainian company linked to Biden’s son, and looking into whether Ukrainians worked with Democrats to prompt the FBI investigation into Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.

President Trump commented on possibly investigating Biden’s alleged actions in Ukraine in an exclusive interview with Politico on Friday. Trump said it would be “appropriate” to discuss the issue with Attorney General Bill Barr, but said he hadn’t done so yet. “It could be a very big situation,” he added.

Meanwhile, Giuliani has faced “withering attacks accusing him of seeking foreign assistance for President Trump’s re-election campaign,” the New York Times reports.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke were among the 2020 Democratic contenders to express concern about Giuliani’s efforts, according to the CNN report.

“I just think it is highly unethical for the President’s personal lawyer to go meet with officials from foreign government to see if they can influence somehow the upcoming presidential election,” Warren said in Kermit, West Virginia. “We’ve had enough of that and Rudy Giuliani should just back off.”

In New Hampshire, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said Giuliani’s proposed trip to Ukraine was “so very troubling, very disappointing, and yet not a total surprise, given this President’s behavior and the pattern that he’d already set.”

Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill also chimed in with criticism of the proposed trip, according to the CNN report,

“It’s stunning that the Trump administration is going down the same tragic path they did in 2016. Here you have the President’s lawyer seeking help from a foreign government again to influence a presidential election. It’s just appalling,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Friday.

“And his defense that he’s not seeking a foreign government’s help in the election, just an investigation — yes, it’s an investigation designed to affect one of the candidates they fear the most. I think it’s reprehensible.”

Sen. Chris Murphy, who called for a Senate query on Giuliani’s proposed trip to Ukraine before it was canceled, tweeted, “I know we’ve become numb to the corruption of this Administration, but this story should be the total focus of the political class today. The President is openly asking a foreign government to investigate his political rival. This is next level.”

Trump to China: Trade Deal Now, or ‘Far Worse’ After 2020

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President Donald Trump warned China Saturday that it should strike a trade deal with the United States now, otherwise an agreement would be “far worse for them if it has to be negotiated in my second term,” according to an AFP report.

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Washington and Beijing are locked in a trade battle that has seen mounting tariffs, sparking fears the dispute will damage the global economy.

Two days of talks ended Friday with no deal. China’s top negotiator said the two sides would meet again in Beijing at an unspecified date, but warned that China would make no concessions on “important principles.”

AFP reported that Trump had accused Beijing of reneging on its commitments in trade talks and ordered new punitive duties, which took effect Friday, on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, raising them to 25 percent from 10 percent.

He then cranked up the heat further, ordering a tariff hike on almost all remaining imports — $300 billion worth, according to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer — from the world’s second-biggest economy.

Those tariffs would not take effect for months, after a period of public comment.

Trump also said Saturday that firms could easily avoid additional costs by producing goods in the United States, according to the AFP report.

“Such an easy way to avoid Tariffs? Make or produce your goods and products in the good old USA. It’s very simple!” he tweeted, echoing a similar message he sent Friday, and even retweeted.

Only a week earlier, the United States and China had seemed poised to complete a sweeping agreement, as was reported by the AFP.

Washington wants Beijing to tighten its intellectual property protections, cut its subsidies to state-owned firms and reduce the yawning trade deficit; China wants an end to tariffs as part of a “balanced” deal.

While supporters laud Trump as a tough negotiator, free-trade-minded Republicans have warned that the tariffs could do real damage to the economy, and many farmers, including Trump supporters, say the tariffs have hit their bottom line.

As the trade war spread, China imposed $110 billion in duties on farm exports and other US goods.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, from the farm state of Iowa, cautiously welcomed the new tariffs but urged negotiators to reach a quick solution “so we can avoid prolonged tariffs, which we know have an impact on the US economy.”

 

Israel Vigilant Against BDS Activists Seeking to Disrupt Eurovision

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BDS activists will not be allowed into Israel during the upcoming Eurovision song contest. 

By: Joseph Wolkin

As per Israel’s policy since 2017, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists will be barred from entry to the Jewish state for this month’s Eurovision competition.

“This is going to be a huge party in which thousands of people will participate but we will remain extremely vigilant in order to make sure that no one comes here in order to disturb and destroy,” Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon said in an interview with The Guardian.

The Eurovision Song Contest, set to take place from May 14 to 18 in Tel Aviv, has been a focal point for BDS activists since Netta Barzilai won the competition last year. Protesters have been calling on international artists to refrain from attending the event in order to create commotion and promote Palestinian causes.

Many protestors have begun planning ways to interrupt Eurovision. Specifically, representatives from Iceland want to protest Israel’s policies on-stage.

“We don’t want to prohibit the entry to the State of Israel for people,” Mr. Nahshon said. “But on the other hand, if we know for certain that we will be facing people who are anti-Israel activists and whose sole purpose is to disturb the event then we will use the legal instruments that we have regarding the entry to Israel.”

Anti-Israel activists have used underhanded methods to try and disrupt the Eurovision contest.

Last week, Israel revealed that BDS activists had created a fake online Twitter campaign using hundreds of bot accounts under the hashtag #BoycottEurovision2019.

Meanwhile, delegations have already begun arriving in Israel in preparation for the popular singing event. (World Israel News)

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Following Facebook Ban, Farrakhan Delivers Hate Filled Rant Against “Satanic Jews” at Catholic Church

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Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan spoke at a Catholic church in Chicago Thursday night, decrying social media outlets for banning his account, while denying accusations of anti-Semitism and racism.

By: David Rosenberg

Farrakhan was invited to speak at the St. Sabina Church in Chicago by the congregation’s controversial spiritual leader, Michael Pfleger.

 

Pfleger, who has in the past invited controversial figures in the past, including Al Sharpton and Jeremiah Wright, offered Farrakhan an opportunity to speak out at St. Sabina a week after Facebook and its subsidiary, Instagram, banned the Nation of Islam leader.

During his roughly hour-and-a-half address at St. Sabina, Farrakhan denied having ever used hateful or bigoted rhetoric, despite a long history of racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and black supremacist comments.

“I have not said one word of hate. I do not hate Jewish people. Not one that is with me has ever committed a crime against the Jewish people, black people, white people. As long as you don’t attack us, we won’t bother you.”

“The enemy is so hateful of me. I have never been arrested. No drunken driving. What have I done that you hate me like that?”

Farrakhan again referenced “Satanic Jews”, a phrase he has used for decades, drawing nationwide criticism, but said he did not believe all Jews fell into this category.

“I’m here to separate the good Jews from the Satanic Jews.”

Pfleger, who introduced Farrakhan at the event, said he had received a wave of hate mail and angry phone calls over his decision to host Farrakhan, going on to call the Nation of Islam leader a “bold voice against injustice done against black people”.

“This past week, I have been cursed at, received an overwhelming amount of hate calls, emails, hateful Facebook postings. It is interesting to me that those who accuse him of hate have been so hateful this past week. Oh, the hypocrisy.”

The 85-year-old Farrakhan has sparked numerous controversies since the 1980s, drawing criticism for his attacks on Jews, whites, and homosexuals.

In 1984, Farrakhan was unanimously censured by the Senate after he called Judaism a “gutter religion”, while comparing himself to Adolf Hitler.

Over the years, Farrakhan has blamed Jews for the trans-Atlantic slave trade and American slavery, accused American Jews of being part of the “Synagogue of Satan”, compared Jews to termites, warned of the eventual annihilation of whites, claimed that white people were artificially created by a mad scientist and calling them only “potential humans”, accused “the Jews” of helping Adolf Hitler “get the Third Reich on the road”.

“Rabbis and historians have given to us an undeniable record of Jewish anti-Black behavior, starting with the horror of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, plantation slavery, Jim Crow, sharecropping, the labor movement of the North and South, the unions and the misuse of our people that continues to this very moment,” Farrakhan said in 2010.

In 1990, Farrakhan claimed “the Jews got a stranglehold on the Congress”. Six years later, he called American Jews the “wicked deceivers of the American people,” saying Jews have “sucked their blood” and “wrapped your tentacles around the US government.”

Last year, he called the Talmud “filthy, so filthy,” and “ugly”, while deriding Jews as “Satanic people”.

Farrakhan also blamed Jews for homosexuality, and claimed that white people were unnatural and that the white race would be coming to “an end”.

Earlier this year Farrakhan led a chant of “Death to Israel, Death to America” during a visit to Tehran.

In October 2018, Facebook removed a video uploaded by Farrakhan’s account in which he called Jews termites.

“I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-termite,” the Nation of Islam leader said. (INN)

Israeli TV Report:  Iran Considering Attack on Saudi Arabian Oil Facilities

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As tensions continue to escalate between the Trump administration and the rogue regime of Iran, a report has emerged on Israeli TV that Israel has informed the United States that Tehran is considering making Saudi Arabian oil production facilities a target of an attack. The Friday night report on Channel 13 in Israel indicated that the warning of a possible attack emanated from intelligence information that was gathered by the country’s spy agencies and was communicated to Washington, according to an i24 News report.  

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A Times of Israel reported that The Israeli intelligence data was conveyed by an Israeli delegation led by National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat, which met with American intelligence officials at the White House late last month, the TV report said.

The report comes shortly after Reuters reported that the US will deploy new Patriot missiles to the Middle East in light of a growing threat from Iran.

According to the Times of Israel article, the Channel 13 report said the Iranians were “considering various aggressive acts” against American or American-allied targets. Tehran had looked at targeting American bases in the Gulf, but that had been deemed too drastic. The main target they were interested in was “Saudi oil production facilities,” the TV report said. Such a strike would also send world oil prices soaring and enable Iran to get more income from its oil sales, the report added.

“It is still unclear to us what the Iranians are trying to do and how they are planning to do it, but it is clear to us that the Iranian temperature is on the rise as a result of the growing US pressure campaign against them, and they are considering retaliating against US interests in the Gulf,” an official was quoted as saying.

Tensions between US and Iran rose further on Wednesday after Iran threatened to step up its uranium enrichment if the remaining signatories to the nuclear deal did not uphold their part of the agreement from 2015, according to an i24 News report.  Washington responded by imposing fresh sanctions on Iran’s steel and coal industry.

TOI reported that Channel 13 also quoted unnamed Arab intelligence sources saying there was a debate raging in the Iranian leadership about striking US and US-allied targets, with some in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pushing for attacks, including against Israeli targets, while others cautioned that it would be “suicidal” to get into serious military conflict with the US.

The Channel 13 report came four days after the same TV channel first reported that the Israeli Mossad had tipped off the White House two weeks ago about an Iranian plan to attack either a US or US-allied target. That earlier report did not specify potential targets for such an ostensible attack.

 

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Rabbinical Alliance of America Calls For A Daily Moment of Silence to Create a World of Good

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The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabonim, with a membership of over 950 Orthodox Rabbis across the United States and Canada — calls for a mandatory moment of silence in our nation’s public schools to instill values in our youth.

The recent outrageous acts of violence visited upon the Chabad of Poway in California and the shootings in Charlotte, North Carolina and the STEM School right outside of Denver, Colorado serve as a clarion call for instituting a moment of silence in our public schools throughout these blessed United States of America.

Our youth are being raised on a diet of violent video games and a social media that is replete with indiscriminate sexual perversions that corrupt the healthy and wholesome moral and ethical development of our youth and teenagers.

Many people in America today lack the basic fundamentals and values –that form a moral person’s outlook and conduct throughout their lives. Inaugurating a moment of silence in every public and private school at the beginning of the day will help to focus the attention of the young student on the importance of recognizing that our conduct must reflect the will and desire of the Creator and Master of the Universe.

Each person, irrespective of his or her socio-economic background, faith community or ethnicity, race or creed, is responsible to answer to a Higher Power called G-D. A moment of silence will impress on each child and young adult that there is an “eye that sees and an ear that hears,” irrespective of one’s level of observance.

As such, each person bears an ethical and moral responsibility to conduct themselves accordingly Experience and logic has shown that a humanistic approach to ethics and morals alone cannot educate a generation of well-adjusted citizens.

Without the knowledge and awareness of a Creator, the temptation to act out at will with neither conscience and sense of responsibility contributes to the breakdown of civility and the increase

of carnage and violence. A misplaced sense of entitlement leads misguided and disturbed people to harm others and to act out in a destructive and disruptive manner. A daily moment of silence and reflection has the power and the ability to help form the moral and ethical development of society and the individual.

While recognizing the need for the separation of religion and state, this moment of silence will not condone or promulgate a particular set of religious beliefs but rather set the tone for the day for people of all backgrounds to reflect upon their responsibilities towards themselves and others in a more productive and proper way.

The Rabbinical Alliance of America calls on the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as the department of Education, to implement a moment of silence in all of our public schools and institutions of learning to benefit our country and thus help protect our society from the scourge of violence within our schools and houses of worship.

Rabbi Yehoshua S. Hecht
Presidium Chairman
Rabbinical Alliance of America

Roger Waters in Bizarre Rant – Compares Israelis with Aliens; Pressures Stars to Pull Out of Eurovision

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In a bizarre and hateful rant, Pink Floyd front man, Roger Waters on Thursday used his social media accounts to do what he has achieved notoriety for and that of course, is to bash Israel.

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The Jew hating aging rock star is no stranger to the anti-Israel scene as he is one of its progenitors; always in the forefront of pressuring entertainers and performers to boycott Israel. Waters’ solo concerts are replete with Jew hating effects and props such as an inflated pig with the Star of David on it.

Recently, Waters met with notorious anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour.

This time around on social media Waters expressed his pride in a Swiss petition that demanded Eurovision “pull out of the finals in Tel Aviv,” during which he compared Israelis to aliens, although “it’s giving aliens a bad name,” as was reported by the Jerusalem Post.
Waters told his followers of a conversation he had with BDS founder Omar Barghouti, who told him about the petition, which was signed by 136,000 Swiss people, according to the JPost article.

Rogers compared the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers to the Eurovision song content that is scheduled to take place in Israel. Waters claims that Eurovision has been taken over by aliens (Read, taken over by the Jews in Israel). He then did some retrospection and felt badly for making the odd comparison as he believes that such a comparison gives aliens a bad name.

He claimed that the body snatchers in the film were tantamount to Jewish critics of Waters’ hideous views on Israel. “The body-snatchers are doing that now, but normally what they’re going is, ‘antisemite!'” Waters said, pointing at the camera.

The JPost report also indicated that Waters referred to the iconic tale known as “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

“‘Mommy, mommy, why is the emperor of Israel parading his ethno-supremacist bullshit around naked?'” Waters said in a mock-childish voice. “Enough with Netanyahu.”

“136,000 of our Swiss brothers and sisters have signed and delivered a petition demanding that the Eurovision pull out of the finals in Tel Aviv. I cannot tell you how much that has lightened my morning,” said Waters, who is obsessed with his anti-Israel tirades.

“I’m going to go and make myself another cup of coffee with love in my heart for all those Swiss people,”

he concluded. “Thank you, thank you.”

Jews are ‘Destroying our People,’ Synagogue Shooter Told Police

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U.S. prosecutors added hate crime charges to the case against the gunman in a synagogue shooting in California last month that claimed the life of a 60-year-old worshiper.

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Federal officials announced Thursday that they have filed 109 hate crime charges against the man accused of a deadly attack on a Southern California synagogue, saying that after the suspect fled he called a 911 dispatcher to report that he had done it to “defend my nation” against the Jewish people, according to an AP report.

U.S. Attorney Robert S. Brewer Jr. said he will decide whether to seek the death penalty in the case against John T. Earnest stemming from last month’s shooting at Chabad of Poway, in a suburb north of San Diego. The new charges also include an earlier arson at a nearby mosque, as was reported by the AP.

“We will not allow our community members to be hunted in their houses of worship, where they should feel free and safe to exercise their right to practice their religion,” Brewer said at news conference in San Diego on Thursday to announce the charges.

The AP reported that the federal charges include murder for the killing of 60-year-old Lori Kaye, 60, who was hit twice as she prayed in the foyer. It also includes a charge for the attempted murder of 53 others.

Three people were wounded, including an 8-year-old girl, her uncle and Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was leading a service at the Chabad of Poway synagogue on the last day of Passover, a major Jewish holiday. Goldstein lost a finger.

According to a federal affidavit, Earnest legally bought a semi-automatic rifle from a licensed dealer in San Diego a day before the April 27 attack. He walked into the synagogue with the AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle that was fully loaded with a 10-round magazine. He wore a chest rig with five more magazines carrying a total of 50 bullets, according to the AP report.

He emptied his magazine. The shooting stopped as he struggled to reload it. That’s when several members of the congregation, including an off-duty Border Patrol Agent, chased Earnest from the synagogue, as was reported by the AP.

After the gunman fled the scene, he called 911 from his car and told a dispatcher that he had opened fire at a synagogue, thought he killed some people and said he did it because “I’m just trying to defend my nation from the Jewish people…They’re destroying our people,” according to the federal affidavit.

He went on to tell the dispatcher that he did it because “the Jewish people are destroying the white race.”

In a court appearance last month, Earnest pleaded not guilty to state charges of murder and attempted murder. In a separate case, he has pleaded not guilty to burning a mosque in nearby Escondido. (AP)

 

Trump Says John Kerry ‘Should be Prosecuted’ for Violating Logan Act in Terms of Iran Engagement

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Former Secretary of State and one-time Democratic party presidential candidate John Kerry became the target of President Trump’s wrath on Thursday when the POTUS accused the former chief diplomat of “breaking the law” by meeting with Iranian officials last year. President Trump even suggested that Kerry be prosecuted under the Logan Act.

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“You know John Kerry speaks to them a lot, and John Kerry tells them not to call. That’s a violation of the Logan Act, and frankly he should be prosecuted on that,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

“But my people don’t want to do anything, only the Democrats do that kind of stuff. If it were the opposite way, they’d prosecute him under the Logan Act,” he said.

According to a FOX News report, Trump appears to be partially referring to a reported meeting between Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at the beginning of 2018, part of what the Boston Globe called “an aggressive yet stealthy” mission to put pressure on the Trump administration to keep the Iran nuclear deal.

Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) just a few months later, so the alleged plan was thwarted.

According to the Fox News report, Trump has repeatedly accused Kerry of being in violation of the Logan Act, which prohibits private citizens from negotiating on behalf of the U.S. government without authorization. No one has ever been successfully prosecuted under the law, however.

 

In September, Kerry acknowledged meeting with Zarif “three or four times” since leaving office, admitting to discussing the scrapped nuclear deal, among other issues.

“What I have done is tried to elicit from him what Iran might be willing to do in order to change the dynamic in the Middle East for the better,” Kerry said on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show, according to the Fox News report.

On Thursday, Trump indicated he believes the contact between Kerry and Tehran to be ongoing, accusing Kerry of having “many meetings and many phone calls and he’s telling them what to do — that is a total violation of the Logan Act.”

Kerry’s spokesperson pushed back on Trump’s remarks, calling them “simply wrong, end of story.”

“He’s wrong about the facts, wrong about the law, and sadly he’s been wrong about how to use diplomacy to keep America safe. Secretary Kerry helped negotiate a nuclear agreement that worked to solve an intractable problem,” the spokesman said.

“The world supported it then and supports it still. We’d hope the President would focus on solving foreign policy problems for America instead of attacking his predecessors for theater.”

Trump’s remarks came as the administration imposed sanctions on Tehran’s steel, aluminum, copper and iron sectors this week, the latest pressure the administration is putting on Iran’s already fragile economy. (Fox News)

 

Israel’s President Hosts Traditional Yom Haatzmaut Ceremony for Israel’s 71st Independence Day

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President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin hosted “All Israel From Jerusalem” and the traditional ceremony honoring 120 outstanding IDF soldiers for the fifth time from the gardens of Beit HaNasi in Jerusalem. Israel’s 71st Independence Day, Thursday 9 May / 4 Iyyar, was attended Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Aviv Kochavi and current and former members of the IDF General Staff.

Edited by: JV Staff

The morning began with a fly-past in honor of the outstanding soldiers, who represent all branches of the IDF. The lead pilot of the fly-pass greeted the president and the soldiers as he flew over Beit HaNasi, saying “Mr President, Chief of Staff, we the pilots of the Israel Air Force greet you on behalf of the Israel Defense Forces with our best wishes for a Yom Haatzmaut Sameach – Happy Independence Day.” The president replied, saluting: “on behalf of the people of Israel I wish you Yom Haatzmaut Sameach – to you, the pilots of the IAF, soldiers of the IDF and their commanders in the air, on land and on the sea. Happy Independence Day, Israel!”
Immediately after the fly-past, the president and chief of staff reviewed and honor guard of the 120 outstanding solders, who were chosen on the recommendation of their commanders to receive the President’s Award for Excellence for their service and outstanding contribution to the IDF and the State of Israel.
Following the honor guard, the “All Israel from Jerusalem” event will be held on the lawns of Beit HaNasi – a festive salute to the spirit of Israel for Independence Day with songs and dancers from all across the country. During the event, a special video filmed with singer Boaz Sharabi and dozens of choirs and singing groups from across the country, kindergartners, gymnastic groups and dancers. Hundreds of people, a human mosaic of Israeli society, sang the song “Halevai / If Only”, composed by Boaz Sharabi with words by Ehud Manor.
The festivities were emceed this year by Rotem Abuhab, and included new and special arrangements of Israeli songs sung by Shimon Buskila, Maya Buskila and the Hebrews of Dimona. Tzipi Shavit surprised the president during his speech. The IDF’s singing groups also appeared, performing a medley of the songs of Yigal Bashan ז”ל as a special tribute.
“Dear citizens of Israel, I am proud to celebrate the State of Israel’s 71st birthday with you today! We have been here for 71 years, doing the unbelievable and overcoming together all the obstacles and building a home, Jewish and democratic, in the land of our ancestors, said the president at the beginning of his remarks.
He also noted that we are celebrating Yom Haatzmaut on the day victory over Nazi Germany is being celebrated: “Last week, we marked Holocaust Heroes’ and Martyrs’ Memorial Day, the victory of the spirit over human evil. Today, we mark together the triumph of good over bad, the liberation of the world from evil, and the right of the Jewish people to live in freedom in its land. Some of the heroes, the veterans who fought on the eastern and western fronts in Europe, 74 years ago, were able to make their home here in Israel in their old age and are with us today. Today, their children and grandchildren serve in the IDF, the strongest and most professional army in the region (and some might say in the world). Thanks to you, dear veterans, the soldiers who fought then, and thanks to the outstanding soldiers who defend us today – we are here, celebrating 71 years of success and growth. We are gathered here today to thank you.”
The president added “I would like to recognize the representatives of the bereaved families and the families of the soldiers missing in action who are honoring us with their presence today. Thanks to you, to the spirit, love of the country and dedication you imparted to your children, we can gather here today and to celebrate the existence of the State of Israel in safety. Even today, as the grief of loss is mixed with the joy of independence, I would like to say to you – we remember. We are committed. Committed to do everything to bring home every soldier, every son and daughter who served the State of Israel and its citizens.”
“I would like to send a message of strength and love to the residents of the south, who just this week dealt heroically with the atrocious attacks on them. I would also like to send our appreciation to the IDF soldiers and security forces who are at this moment doing their utmost to keep Israel secure on all its borders.”
Addressing the outstanding soldiers, the president said, “Rotem, our wonderful emcee, badgered you about the Hebrew language, so I decided to speak a bit differently, which I think is more ‘Israeli’. I can see here that we have ‘tznefim’ (slang for paratroopers) and ‘shironairim’ (artillery), ‘golanchikim’ (Golani) and ‘nachlawim’ (Nachal), ‘mohandesim’ (engineers) and ‘shushuistim’ (intelligence), green (land forces), white (navy), blue (air force) and berets of all colors of the rainbow, from purple to orange.
And so, to all those who at the induction base grabbed their kitbags with fire in their eyes and who got through basic training with close shaves and gleaming boots, to those who never ache to finish their time, never suffer from tiredness, who never tick off a countdown to their release, who never skipped guard duty, and never let staying on base for the weekend get to them, who get up early on Sunday, go out in their dress uniforms and don’t give in to army blues, who never complain that they’ve been badly done by, to those never slack off and who are full of fight because pride in the unit and mutual responsibility are the best way to be together, to those who have shown force of will and dedication (not just with the snacks at the canteen), who lent a hand – and sometimes two – to reach the goal, to protect the country, to get to the top, to be worthy of the President’s Award: you, who are not afraid of challenges, who are ready for the unexpected, who pull harder and stronger than anyone, you are Israel’s hope and spirit that beats within us, that leads us. You are here for us, serving and volunteering, and today it is our turn to give to you just a little something to brighten up your uniforms. On behalf of the citizens of Israel, and personally, I would like to thank you and salute you. Thank you for your spirit, for your commitment. Happy Independence Day to the IDF! Happy Independence Day, Israel! Chag Sameach!”

IDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Aviv Kochavi: “Every day, these soldiers and tens of thousands like them, guard our borders. The State of Israel is a fact, and to keep it safe the IDF works day and night. Excellence is to be found in locked rooms and on dark hilltops. It requires hours and days of hard work and begins with the most basic things – thorough orders, disciplined organization of a position, repeated exercises to improve skills and insistence on carrying out missions to the highest level.

This is personal example at its finest: emulating those who excel! This is leadership, and that is what we have come to appreciate and give thanks for. This morning is about personal excellence, but excellence must be the organizational heartbeat that drives every unit, command and branch. The families who are with us here today are the ground from which you grew, who gave you values and an example of excellence. Reality changes at a dizzying pace, and we must continue to adapt. That is why we have adopted the principle of readiness and adaptability.
We will do all we can to improve readiness, including with exercises, supplies and emergency stocks. And we will do what we can to fit ourselves to the challenges of today’s battlefield, to the challenges of the future and to improve the IDF’s offensive capability. Tens of thousands of soldiers come from the people each year and join the IDF, work for the state and return to the people as better and more committed citizens. I saw them during the recent fighting – as snipers on the borders, in the cockpit, in the battery command post and in the intelligence units. They work around the clock. They do security. I am proud of the soldiers of the IDF and of its officers, and proud of you, outstanding soldiers. Happy Independence Day!”

The event ended with the traditional photo of the 120 outstanding soldiers the president, the prime minister and minister of defence, the chief of staff and the members of the IDF General Staff.

Yahad – United for Israel’s Soldiers will award the 120 outstanding soldiers a grant for studies after they complete their service in the IDF. (GPO)

GOVERNOR CUOMO DIRECTS STATE LANDMARKS TO BE LIT IN BLUE AND WHITE IN RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the spire of One World Trade Center and the Kosciuszko Bridge will be lit in blue and white this evening in honor of Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel Independence Day.

 

“I am proud to join the Israeli people in celebrating the 71st anniversary of Israel’s independence and to reaffirm New York’s unwavering alliance with the State of Israel.

 

“In honor of this milestone and New York’s longstanding support for the people of Israel, I have directed One World Trade Center and the new Kosciuszko Bridge to be lit in the blue and white of the Israeli flag this evening.

 

“One World Trade Center’s breathtaking spire calls to mind the resilience New York and Israel share. The Kosciuszko Bridge reflects the progress and boldness that characterize the joint New York and Israeli spirit.

 

“I wish all Israeli people both at home and abroad a happy Yom Ha’Atzmaut. Chag Sameach.”

For the second time this week, a Hasidic man was punched in the head in an entirely unprovoked attack.

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Jewish Man Punched in the Head in Williamsburgh as Jew Hatred Escalates in NYC

Edited by: JV Staff

The attack occurred at 7:40 p.m., on the corner of Marcy Avenue and Rodney Street. Surveillance video shows a 39-year-old Hasidic man walking down the street when a dark-skinned teen comes up behind him and wordlessly slaps him on the side of his face, before fleeing. The man stumbled and fell against the wall of a building, and his hat and yarmulke were knocked off and before he could turn around, the attacker fled. There were no words exchanged. The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating this as a possible bias incident.


 

A spokesperson for Williamsburg Shomrim (WSPU) told the Yeshiva World News web site that a Hispanic man approached a Hasidic man walking at the intersection of Marcy Avenue and Rodney Street – in the heart of the Hasidic community – and punched him in the back of his head.

As was previously reported on the Yeshiva World News web site, this past Shabbos a Hasidic man was walking on Broadway near Lynch Street, when he was confronted by a group of thugs. Without saying a word, one of the men walked up to the victim and punched him in the face. Another suspect added some anti-semitic slurs at the man including “you (expletive removed) Jew!”

No arrests were made in that incident either.

Anyone with information in regards to either of these incidents is asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and WSPU at 718-237-0202. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

 

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