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WHO SPEAKS FOR ISRAEL AND ZIONISM TODAY? HERUT DOES

By on September 30th, 2020

You can see this for yourself by looking at the below links featuring Herut’s work in Israel, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and the United States:

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Herut in the fight against Leila Kahlid at San Francisco State University (SFSU)

https://israelbehindthenews.com/2020/09/24/unapologetic-zionist-unity-leads-to-victory-against-zooms-collaboration-with-terror-in-california/

This was Herut’s 2nd rally in California in September, here’s a news article about the first rally: https://jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/321396/end-jew-hatred-at-usc-protest-held-at-the-grove/ 

Herut Mexico is now on Twitter. This is our 2nd branch in Latin America joining Herut Argentina 

https://twitter.com/herut_mexico

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Karma Feinstein Cohen’s recent op-ed received attention from Professor Vershawn Ashanti Young in his op-ed published on multiple major international websites including The National Interest and Yahoo Canada:
https://theconversation.com/white-profs-admission-she-posed-as-black-raises-hard-questions-about-race-and-identity-146456

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/white-prof-admission-she-posed-115454964.html

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-did-white-professor-lie-and-claim-be-black-169378

— SPREADING UNAPOLOGETICALLY ZIONIST VIEWS —    

Herut letter in The Washington Times

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/23/letters-to-the-editor-israel-syria-peace-unlikely/

https://twitter.com/HerutAmerica/status/1309617320495583233/photo/1

Karma Feinstein-Cohen’s op-ed about Seth Rogen was featured on the Canadian news website TheJ.ca

https://www.thej.ca/2020/09/23/i-have-had-my-fill-of-self-hating-jews-but-seth-rogen-is-in-a-category-all-his-own/

Herut op-ed on Arab Dictators featured in print and online by The Jewish Press 
https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/we-should-believe-what-arab-dictators-say/2020/09/25/ 

Questions for American Jewish leaders about the Israel-UAE deal op-ed from Herut’s Joshua Goldstien

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/287256

Herut’s “Zionist History Book Of The Month” feature was published in the Rosh Hashanah issue of this leading Australian Jewish newspaper The Sydney Jewish Report
See page 20 here: https://issuu.com/thejewishreport/docs/btbjewish0920p-hires

Herut op-ed by chair Joshua Goldstein “Shofar sounds and Jewish unity” published in Florida
https://www.heritagefl.com/story/2020/09/18/opinions/shofar-sounds-and-jewish-unity/13813.html

The new website Israel365News featured a Herut op-ed by Moshe Phillips

https://www.israel365news.com/158565/we-should-believe-what-arab-dictators-say-opinion/

The Israel News website in Israel included a Herut op-ed by Moshe Phillips in German
https://www.israel-nachrichten.org/archive/48643

Herut op-ed on the Jewish Press website about the Israel-UAE/Bahrain agreement & Palestinian Arab extremists.

https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/no-doesnt-mean-rejectionism-jewish-behavior-does-not-enable-palestinian-rejectionism/2020/09/22/

The Washtenaw Jewish News in Ann Arbor, MI published Herut’s tribute to the late Dr. Edward Alexander Z”L last week

https://washtenawjewishnews.org/PDFs/WJN-10-20-web.pdf see page 25

Herut op-ed on the World Israel News website about Arab Dictators
https://worldisraelnews.com/opinion-arab-dictators-and-the-israel-uae-bahrain-agreement/

A Herut op-ed was included by The Foundation for Defense of Democracies / FDD on their Overnight Brief
https://www.fdd.org/overnight-brief/september-21-2020/

Angela Van Der Pluym from Chicago is a part of the Young Leaders Cabinet of Herut North America and she has had four op-ed columns published in recent weeks:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/288026

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/high-holy-day-wishes-from-president-trump-and-joe-biden-let-the-light-shine-through/

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/meet-republican-congressional-candidate-julie-hall/

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-threat-to-free-speech-by-rabbi-alan-sherman/

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Here Are The 11 Dumbest, Most Slanted Questions Asked By Chris Wallace By Jordan Davidson

By on September 30th, 2020

https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/30/here-are-the-11-dumbest-most-slanted-questions-asked-by-chris-wallace/

It was not just Wallace’s interruptions or poor management that cemented his role as worst debate moderator of all time, but the off-topic and ridiculous framing of his questions.

Chris Wallace has received negative marks for his constant interruptions of President Donald Trump, and for his poor time management, but the worst thing about his moderation of the first presidential debate on Wednesday were the questions he asked.

Here are the 11 dumbest, most slanted questions asked by Wallace.

1. ‘What is radical about racial sensitivity training?’

“This month, your administration directed federal agencies to end racial sensitivity training that addresses white privilege or critical race theory. Why did you decide to do that, to end racial sensitivity training? And do you believe that there is systemic racism in this country, sir?” Wallace asked.

Wallace’s framing of the issue here was factually false and designed to make Trump look racist. Not only did he misconstrue the objectively racist idea of critical race theory as “racial sensitivity training,” but he then followed up Trump’s answer on the issue with another trick question, “What is radical about racial sensitivity training?”

It is not true that Trump banned diversity training from federal agencies, only trainings that teach racist, anti-American ideas such as “critical race theory” or “white privilege.”

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Abraham Accord Makes Iran Desperate Shoshana Bryen

By on September 30th, 2020

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/28/abraham-accord-makes-iran-d

Think of Iran as a lobster body with two pincer arms.

The north pincer is commonly referred to as the “Shiite Crescent,” stretching from the body across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea. It is both a “lid” on Iran’s primary enemies Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel and a wedge between Sunni Turkey and the Sunni Arab States. The southern pincer stretches from the body through the Persian Gulf and under the Arabian Peninsula with a Houthi-led war on the Saudis from Yemen in the heel of the boot, and from there stretching Iran’s influence up the Red Sea along the coasts of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia. And about 18 miles across the Bab el-Mandeb Straits from the U.S. base in Djibouti.

Attention has been rightly and happily focused on the Abraham Accord agreements between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates witnessed by the United States and openly encouraged by other Gulf States and Arab countries. But those changes in the politics of the southern pincer make Iran more desperate and more determined to control the northern one.

But not without pushback. From someone.

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ABOUT THE TAXES….

By on September 30th, 2020

Trump in reality, paid $1 million in 2016 and $4.2 million in 2017. The “$750” figure listed under line 56 was amount due, AFTER THE previous estimated tax PAYMENTS. People who make a lot of money each year pay ESTIMATED taxes each quarter.. or even EVERY month and then have an adjustment made at the end of the year when they know the exact amount of their earnings for that year. So.. Trump had estimated his taxes quite accurately and paid $4.2 million in taxes and was only short in his guess work by $750..

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Two-Thirds Of Spanish-Speaking Telemundo Voters Said Trump Won The First Debate By Madeline Osburn

By on September 30th, 2020

https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/30/two-thirds-of-spanish-speaking-telemundo-voters-said-trump-won-the-first-debate/

A Telemundo poll of the network’s Spanish-speaking viewers found that two-thirds thought President Donald Trump won the first debate on Tuesday night against former Vice President Joe Biden.

A photo of the poll during Telemundo’s post-debate coverage shows 66 percent thought Trump won, while only 34 percent chose Biden as the winner.

An NBC/Marist poll released in early September showed Biden was dramatically underperforming with Latino voters in the state of Florida. Among Florida Latino voters, which Clinton won by 27 points in 2016 and still lost the state, Trump leads with 50 percent compared to Biden’s 46.

Madeline Osburn is a staff editor at the Federalist and the producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Follow her on Twitter.

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Opinion: Why is Israel forcing frontline medical staff to stay home? September 30, 2020 Instead of battling back corona, they’re pushing strollers around the neighborhood. By David Isaac

By on September 30th, 2020

http://World Israel News: News From Israel worldisraelnews.com

Every day Israeli citizens are treated to worrying stories about the country’s health system straining under the weight of the pandemic. There aren’t enough doctors, nurses, beds – you name it – to go around.

These cries of woe have been met with sympathy thus far by the Israeli public. That sympathy will turn to irritation if more discover that desperately needed medical staff are stuck at home because they can’t find adequate child care for their kids.

Instead of battling back corona, they’re pushing strollers around the neighborhood and playing Hebrew Monopoly with the twins. As the coronavirus rages, Israel’s frontline fighters are playing nanny.

It shouldn’t be that hard to open a nursery at a hospital. In the States, they have nurseries at movie theaters. But instead of finding a solution to this problem, the government is begging doctors past their prime to come out of retirement and pulling paramedics into corona wards.

The problem wasn’t as serious during the first wave. Local solutions still existed. But Israel’s child care centers have shuttered as the pandemic caught up with them, like with so many businesses.

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Chris Wallace Faces Intense Backlash, Including From Colleagues, Over Bias During Debate Ryan Saavedra

By on September 30th, 2020

http://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-wallace-faces-intense-backlash-including-from-colleagues-over-bias-during-debate?

Fox News host Chris Wallace, a registered Democrat, faced intense backlash on Tuesday night for what was widely deemed as bias in the debate in the favor of Democrat Joe Biden and against Republican President Donald Trump.

One of the issues that Wallace was called out for the most was how he appeared to let Biden interrupt Trump but would jump in to interrupt Trump when Trump would talk over Biden.

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade even noted the discrepancy and called it out on social media, writing: “Why is @JoeBiden allowed to interrupt? @realDonaldTrump is not.”

Fox News host Laura Ingraham made a similar point, writing: “Biden seems to interrupt with impunity.”
 
Andy McCarthy tweeted: “Biden doesn’t support the Green New Deal. Oh, Wallace got that out of him? No, Trump did. Oh, well, did Wallace clarify what’s parts of Green New Deal Biden is against? No, needed to move on …”
 
McCarthy added: “Chris Wallace jumps in a second time when Biden having trouble with Trump’s questioning.”
 
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld said that it was “not good” when Wallace reportedly laughed with Biden.

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CHARLES LIPSON: The Debate was a Mud-Wrestling Match—and Biden Won The Democratic Candidate’s Team Will Be Delighted

By on September 30th, 2020

https://spectator.us/debate-mud-wrestling-match-biden-won/

EXCERPT:

Some of Biden’s comments could come back to bite him. He strenuously denied his son Hunter had received millions from the former mayor of Moscow. Disproved already, he said. He denied any corruption in Hunter’s dealings in Ukraine and China. Putrid as those financial deals were, Trump missed an opportunity by turning them into personal attacks. The telling point is that these deals epitomize the Swamp, where insiders like Biden enrich themselves and their family thanks to their positions and connections. Those points might come up in the campaign’s final month, but they were lost in the mudslinging. So was Biden’s constant flip-flopping on fracking and his preposterous promise that transforming America into a green paradise will pay for itself and create thousands of jobs. These issues should be huge liabilities for Biden, and Trump could have used the debate to nail his opponent on them. He didn’t.

Biden’s biggest contradiction went unnoticed. He lambasted Trump both for not locking down the country early enough or long enough and for the “depression” caused by those very lockdowns. It is perfect legitimate to criticize the president’s response to COVID. But it is sheer demagoguery to say earlier, longer, tougher lockdowns were essential and then pretend the president is Herbert Hoover for ordering the lockdowns he did.

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Why San Francisco State University Embraced a Failed Hijacker By Lawrence J. Haas

By on September 30th, 2020

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-san-francisco-state-university-embraced-failed-hijacker-169602

Fifty years ago, a quick-thinking El Al pilot refused the demands of two hijackers to open his cockpit and, instead, sent his plane into a sudden nosedive to knock the hijackers off their feet. After he leveled out the plane, a sky marshal on board fatally shot the male hijacker and arrested the female, who had tried to blow up the plane with a grenade that, fortunately, did not explode.

That female, Leila Khaled, was no stranger to hijackings by then. A prominent member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) – a terrorist group that seeks Israel’s destruction – she was one of two PFLP members who, in 1969, hijacked a plane that had left Rome for Tel Aviv, directing it to Amman, Jordan. The group then blew up the plane but spared the passengers.

Her attempted El Al hijacking came a year later, in September of 1970. Shortly after her arrest for it, she was released in exchange for hostages from other PFLP hijackings of that same day. Now seventy-six, Khaled lives in Amman and sits on the Palestine National Council, a parliamentary body that oversees the Palestine Liberation Organization. She remains unrepentant, insisting she is “a victim of oppression and occupation” and Palestinians have the right to “resist by any means.”

So, why did San Francisco State University give Khaled a platform last week to speak on a webinar entitled, “Whose Narratives? Gender, Justice & Resistance: A Conversation with Leila Khaled.”

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Blackout vs. White Fragility Candace Owens shows what real anti-racism looks like. Daniel Greenfield

By on September 30th, 2020

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/09/blackout-vs-white-fragility-daniel-greenfield/

White Fragility, a racist tract by Robin DiAngelo, a white leftist, has sold somewhere in the neighborhood of a million copies. It’s been praised by Democrats, assigned on Fortune 500 corporate reading lists, and DiAngelo commands speaking fees as high as $20,000.

Blackout by Candace Owens won’t show up at your local critical race theory seminar. The conservative activist isn’t welcome because she tells the truth about racism and its profiteers. Where DiAngelo has a  PhD in Multicultural Education from the University of Washington, Owens has a degree in experiencing real-life racism that the Seattle institution can’t offer.

Owens doesn’t have a Ph.D. in Multicultural Education; instead, as she writes of her childhood, she grew up as part of ”a family of six” in a “small, three-bedroom apartment within a run-down, roach-infested building” where “fistfights, police visits, and drama were commonplace.”

To DiAngelo, racism is about the experience of being white. Black people exist in DiAngelo’s world as objects, not subjects, casting light on the elemental evil of whiteness. To be white is to be racist, while being black means being the victim of white racism. Black people only matter as weapons in a struggle between white people over the meaning of race, nationhood, and justice.

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