Israel: Bodies of six hostages located at Rafah.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/395509

'On Saturday night, the IDF and ISA located and recovered the bodies of the hostages Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant Ori Danino, from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip and returned them to Israeli territory. The six were abducted on October 7th, 2023, and were murdered in the past two days by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. They were found 20 meters underground without previous intelligence. The bodies were recovered a kilometer away from the tunnel where the hostage Farhan al-Qadi was located and rescued last week.'

That's in Rafah. You remember Rafah, the city that the Biden regime was so anxious to keep the Israelis out of? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/387366

'US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Monday in Washington with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement after the meeting that Blinken “reiterated the United States’ support for ensuring the defeat of Hamas, including in Rafah, while reiterating opposition to a major ground operation in Rafah that would further jeopardize the welfare of the more than 1.4 million Palestinian civilians sheltering there.” “The Secretary underscored that alternatives exist to a major ground invasion that would both better ensure Israel’s security and protect Palestinian civilians. Secretary Blinken also discussed the need to immediately surge and sustain additional humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of civilians in Gaza,” the statement added.'

Morning Report: 2024-08-13

ISRAEL: TISHA B'AV - ARUTZ SHEVA. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/394512 'Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, is a day of mourning for the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE and the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE, both of which took place on this day. The destruction of the Holy Temple was accompanied by the destruction of the Jewish kingdoms that had existed in the Land of Israel at those times and the exiling of the majority of the Jewish population.' CANADA: ANTI-SEMITIC ARSONS IN TORONTO - THE REBEL. https://www.rebelnews.com/three_days_four_antisemitic_arsons_in_toronto A school bus, a Jewish school, and two synagogues burned in three days. Ezra Levant: 'I’m pretty sure we know who’s doing these antisemitic crimes. Because during the day, we see hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pro-Hamas, antisemitic extremists marching through the streets — not just in Toronto, but across the country.' UK: MIGRANT SENTENCED TO 3 MONTHS AFTER HATE CRIME HOAX - ANDY NGO. https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1823043885050012030 'A migrant has been sentenced to 3 months in prison in Derbyshire, England after making a hoax live stream pretending to be attacked by the far-right during last week's "100 far-right riots" hoax. In his video, the man screamed and claimed far-right rioters were chasing him. ...' UK: 'MUSLIM PATROL' ATTACKS - ANDY NGO.

Part II: A pub in Birmingham, England was attacked and terrorized by a mob of masked "Muslim patrol" militants after they marched around the city looking for accused white supremacist "Islamophobes" to beat.

The violence was then proceeded by days of leftist and Muslim direct… https://t.co/3tGU7XYKq3 pic.twitter.com/dF2JTeVssD

— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) August 11, 2024

'A pub in Birmingham, England was attacked and terrorized by a mob of masked "Muslim patrol" militants after they marched around the city looking for accused white supremacist "Islamophobes" to beat.'

US / Israel: Kirby and Smotrich have words.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/en/news/394391

“I even saw one claim today, again by Mr. Smotrich, suggesting that the mediators of this deal, which includes the United States, would impose, quote, ‘a surrender agreement on Israel.’ He's saying this as President Biden is actually directing the United States military to the Middle East to directly defend Israel against a potential attack from Iran or other Iranian backed terrorist groups,” said Kirby. He added that Biden “is fully prepared to defend Israel yet again, with the United States military, and again, this is the second time that he will have done this in four months. The idea that he would support a deal that leaves Israel's security at risk, It's outrageous. And anybody knows President Biden and how staunchly he's been a defender for Israel for the entire day of his public service, ought to be ashamed of thinking simply put the views being taken against this agreement ... ”

"Look at all we've done for you!" Kirby is saying. He is explicitly telling the Israelis that Israel should become dependent on the United States for its defense, which of course would be contingent on Washington's good will. What's in the agreement that got Kirby so defensive? Well ...

"You have to read it to believe it, and above all to understand the distorted and dangerous starting point of those who are pressuring us to stop the war and surrender. The ‘mediators’ actually wrote in their announcement yesterday that ‘the time has come to conclude the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the release of the hostages and prisoners’ while creating a delusional symmetry between the Israeli hostages - men, women and children - who were kidnapped from their beds with terrible cruelty, and despicable terrorists who murdered Jews and are serving their sentences for it in prisons," said Smotrich.

Will Iran attack Israel?

Or will Israel attack Iran? https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-813765

“We are prepared both defensively and offensively,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated during a visit Wednesday to the IDF induction base at Tel Hashomer.

How to help?

We want to help others, and it's good that we do. But how to help? Sometimes the answer is simple: if a person is starving, you give them food; if they're drowning, you throw them a life preserver; if they're in a burning building, you bring them out. I am not claiming that these things are easy - clearly, it takes great courage to rush into a burning building - but there is nothing difficult about knowing what the person needs. You know immediately what's the right thing to do - you just have to do it. In the real world, knowing how to help is often more difficult and complicated. What is the right kind of help, and what is the wrong kind? How much help is enough, and how much is too much? Perhaps you see an elderly or disabled person carrying a bag of groceries, and you want to help. But maybe they are suspicious of your intentions; or maybe the person is very proud, or has worked hard to overcome a disability, and prefers to be independent. How do you know? You might have to pay close attention to the person's reaction as you offer to help - their words, their tone, their facial expressions, their body language - to be sure that your help is really wanted. For the government bureaucrat, every problem is a problem for the government to solve, by "some sort of collective action": changes to public transit, changes to building codes, and hey, why not a "basic income" while we're at it? Every one of these proposed courses of action ("some sort of collective action") implies some sort of public policy change - to transit, to building codes, or to the economy itself. Each one of those changes entails something that will impose costs on someone else (transit riders, shopkeepers, the working population), and (not coincidentally) accrues more power to the party imposing the changes. Conversely, what is lost in the "collective action" approach is the knowledge of the particulars - the granular, mundane, local knowledge of THIS individual in THIS situation in THIS place and time - that is essential to assessing the person's specific needs.

Lesbian veteran speaks out.

"Take it from somebody who is gay - me. ... Trump is not going to mess with gay rights. He's not going to touch gay rights. Everything that me and my generation fought for - and like-minded individuals are also voting for Trump ... we fought for this. I served in the military during Don't Ask Don't Tell. I actually lived in a time when my orientation was oppressed. I don't care to shove it down other people's throats, I don't care to live behind that, because that is not my identity. I want to live my life in peace, and be left alone. Those of you that are shoving all these pronouns down people's throats, you're creating a problem. For those of us that actually fought for gay rights - you're creating a problem. Because all we wanted was to be treated just like any other American. And given the same rights. Guess what, we got that. That's why we're quiet. That's why we don't run our mouths. But y'all? Y'all are making us look bad."

You need to trust me and watch this entire clip.

This woman is “gay” and does NOT subscribe to the LGBTQ labeling.

She served in the military, and she is voting for President Trump.

She hits on many important issues.

God bless her for this emotional testimony. pic.twitter.com/gWdGZxR1NV

— eve (@eveforamerica) July 31, 2024

This is a woman who kows the difference between real discrimination, and a phony victim narrative that's being used to foster a sense of entitlement.

Morning Report: 2024-08-02

 GAZA:  ISMAIL AL-GHOUL, WHO FILMED OCTOBER 7 ATROCITIES, GETS HIS VIRGINS.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393980

The aptly-named Ismail al-Ghoul was eliminated in a joint IDF / Shin Bet operation.

 

ISW ON ISMAIL HANIYEH OPERATION.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-july-31-2024

'Israel killed Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 30. Israeli agents appeared to have launched an explosively laden drone or missile from inside Iran to target Haniyeh, who was visiting for the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Haniyeh was staying at a facility with the IRGC Quds Force in northern Tehran.[1] The killing of Haniyeh reflects the degree to which Israel has infiltrated the Iranian security sector and is able to strike high-value targets within Iran. Hamas responded to the killing by calling on Middle Eastern countries to “deter” and “rein in” Israel.[2] Hamas also threatened to expand the war against Israel to ”new dimensions.”[3]'

The ISW article refers to a "drone or missile" but other reports are suggesting the strike was done with a bomb planted in Haniyeh's quarters as much as two months in advance.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyt-haniyeh-was-killed-by-explosive-smuggled-into-tehran-guesthouse-two-months-ago/

LONG WAR JOURNAL ON ISMAIL HANIYEH OPERATION.

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/07/hamas-chief-political-leader-ismail-haniyeh-killed-in-tehran.php

'One of Hamas’ longest-serving and most influential leaders, Chairman of the Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh, was targeted and killed on Tuesday in Tehran while in town to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s new president. Hamas referred to Haniyeh as the “head of the movement,” the man who represented the Palestinian terrorist group as its public face in high-profile negotiations and gatherings around the world—including ongoing and stalled ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel.'

 PENNSYLVANIA:  STATE SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW SUICIDE RULING ON 2011 STABBING DEATH OF ELLEN GREENBERG.

https://thepostmillennial.com/penn-supreme-court-to-review-suicide-ruling-in-case-of-philly-woman-stabbed-20-times-in-2011-then-ag-josh-shapiro-backed-claim-wounds-were-self-inflicted

The 27-year-old woman was found with 20 stab and slash wounds, many in the back of her neck and head, but then-AG Josh Shapiro backed up the "suicide" ruling favored by the Philadelphia Police and DA Office.

Ismail Haniyeh gets his virgins.

 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/en/news/393879

'The Hamas terrorist organization announced on Wednesday morning that the organization's leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was eliminated in the Iranian capital of Tehran.

Earlier, media outlets in Iran, citing the Revolutionary Guards, reported that Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed in an attack on the home in which they were staying in Tehran.

Saudi media reported that Haniyeh was killed in his bedroom by a precision-guided missile that was launched towards him at 2:00 a.m. Tehran time.

Haniyeh was visiting Tehran in order to take part in the swearing-in ceremony of the new Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, which took place on Tuesday.'

 

https://www.enlacejudio.com/2024/07/30/ismail-haniyeh-lider-de-hamas-fue-eliminado-en-iran/

'El líder del buró político de Hamás, Ismail Haniyeh, fue asesinado este martes en Teherán, la capital de Irán, confirmó el grupo terrorista palestino.'

https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-top-hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-killed-inside-iran

'While it’s not immediately clear who killed Haniyeh, it was publicly known that Israel was hunting down all Hamas officials, including its top leaders who live on foreign soil, following the October 7 massacre.

The head of the Israel Security Agency, commonly referred to as “Shin Bet,” said in a recording that was leaked to Israeli media back in December that the attack was “our Munich” — a reference to when Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 members of Israel’s Olympic team in the 1972 Summer Games in Munich. Israel responded to the murders by hunting down and killing every person that was involved, either directly or indirectly, with the attacks.'

Morning Report: 2024-07-25

 ISRAEL / USA:  NETANYAHU ADDRESSES CONGRESS.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/benjamin-netanyahu-address-congress-hundreds-protest-dc

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the US Congress for the first time since the October 7 massacres.  "Our world is in upheaval.... This is not a clash of civilizations. It's a clash between barbarism and civilization. It's a clash between those who glorify death and those who sanctify life. For the forces of civilization to triumph, America and Israel must stand together," said Netanyahu.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393564

"Mr. Speaker I want to thank you for the honor of addressing this great citadel of Democracy for the fourth time. We meet today at a crossroads of history, our world is in upheaval. In the Middle East, Iran's axis of terror confronts America, Israel, and our Arab friends. This is not a clash of civilizations, it's a clash between barbarism and civilization. It's a clash between those who glorify death against those who sanctify life. For the forces of civilization to triumph, America and Israel must stand together!" Netanyahu opened.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393580

About half of Congressional Democrats were absent.  Also absent was Kamala Harris, currently Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.  Meanwhile Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), attended the address wearing kaffiyeh and held up a sign reading "War criminal" and "guilty of genocide."

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393585

Anti-Israel protesters burned American flags and an effigy of Netanyahu.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393576

Anti-Israel gangs released maggots and pulled fire alarms at the Watergate Hotel, where the Israeli delegation - including Netanyahu and hostage families - are staying.

Morning Report: 2024-07-24

 SARAH HOYT:  STARING INTO THE DUMPSTER FIRE.
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2024/07/22/getting-it-out-of-the-way/
<i>'Not that this is all that weird, except for the fact that it has all the appearance of a palace coup. As in, one does wonder if Biden knows he dropped out of his campaign. One does wonder, at that, if Biden is alive, or sufficiently compus mentis to know that he has dropped out. And that’s if he knew he was running in the first place, which one very much doubts.

Some people on Twitter are horrified that someone other than Joe Biden is obviously acting as president. I want to scream, vomit, laugh and hit my head on the wall. First of all, if they don’t think that’s been happening since 2020 they are such wishful thinkers they’re not even in this reality. Second, apparently they’re horrified because the people running the country “weren’t elected” which implies they think Joe Biden WAS elected. Despite the campaign run from the basement, which no one would do unless they were SURE they could win, and the only way to be sure was to have it fraud-locked in place; despite the obviously and clearly hackable voting machines; despite the kicked out poll observers, despite the glaring mathematical impossibility of the vote count; despite the way the democrats acted immediately after, like they were afraid the American people would catch on and tear them limb from limb. Despite all this, these people believed. Because they wanted to believe. ...'</i>

USA:  BIDEN APPEARS.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/24/reports-biden-determined-to-defy-lame-duck-status-with-oval-office-address/
<i>'President Joe Biden is not yesterday’s man, or even the day-before-yesterday’s man. That will be the core message when he addresses the nation on Wednesday night barely three days after he exited the 2024 race for the White House and allowed Vice President Kamala Harris to be anointed as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee.

It is only the fourth Oval Office of his presidency overall – and could well be his last – as he seeks to retain any symbol of relevancy possible in his last months of office.'</i>

COMMENTARY.  The next six months are going to be interesting, that's for sure.  The elites, the technocrats, the governing class are losing control of the narrative.  They want us all to believe their opposition is few in number and isolated, but we know that's not true.  They will continue using the magic tricks of the media to sustain this illusion, but the small, puny man behind the curtain has already been exposed.  The 2020 "election"?  Go ahead and believe Joe Biden won a free and fair election if it makes you happy; you can believe in Santa Claus for all I care.  But I know what I know.

Morning Report: 2024-07-12

 ISRAEL:  OCTOBER 7 - KIBBUTZ BE'ERI IDF INQUIRY.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392902

It took seven long hours - from the start of the attack at 06:30 until 13:30 - for the IDF to mount a meaningful counterattack against the organized barbarity of Hamas.  The IDF's operational inquiry into the failures of that day was released today.

The inquiry team determined that the IDF failed in its mission to protect the residents of Kibbutz Be'eri. However, the bravery of the Be'eri residents and the members of the kibbutz's civilian rapid response team is commendable and was crucial in stabilizing the defensive line during the first hours of combat, preventing the attack from spreading to other parts of the kibbutz.

In the attack on the kibbutz, 101 civilians were killed, and 30 hostages from Kibbutz Be’eri and two additional hostages were abducted and taken into Gaza, 11 of whom are still being held in Gaza. The security forces who fought in the area operated with great bravery and heroism. During the battle, 31 security personnel fell, including 23 IDF soldiers and members of the civilian rapid response team and eight officers of the Israel Police. Many soldiers and civilians were also injured.

Go to the link for a summary of the timeline and of the report's findings.

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/07/idf-releases-its-first-probe-into-october-7-failures-as-the-shejaiya-raid-ends.php

The IDF’s inquiry into the failure to protect this kibbutz was presented to surviving community members and then released to the public on July 11. During the battle to re-take Beeri from approximately 340 terrorists who had infiltrated, the IDF concluded that 31 security personnel were killed, including 23 IDF soldiers and members of the civilian rapid response team, and eight officers of the Israel Police.

The IDF inquiry concluded that Israeli forces were “not prepared for the extensive infiltration scenario that occurred on October 7th, involving multiple infiltration points by thousands of terrorists attacking dozens of locations simultaneously.”

No reserve forces were available for many hours as the Kibbutz was attacked. This meant the kibbutz was primarily defended by its local, lightly armed civilian volunteer security team from 6:30 in the morning until roughly 1:30 pm. Not until the afternoon did enough IDF reinforcements arrive to finally outnumber the terrorists who had infiltrated the community.

Go to Seth Frantzman's article for more details, and for the situation today.

Morning Report: 2024-07-10

USA:  BIDEN TO BLOCK SAVE ACT THAT WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE.

https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/07/09/joe-biden-vows-block-bill-requiring-proof-us-citizenship-vote-calls-noncitizens-voting-extraordinarily-rare/

The SAVE Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), would require state election officials to mandate voter registration applicants provide proof of American citizenship before they are added to the nation’s voter rolls.  The White House released a statement saying the Administration "strongly opposes" H.R. 8281, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.

 

FLORIDA:  PRO-ABORTION ANTIFA THUGS PLEAD GUILTY TO ATTACKING PREGNANCY CENTER.

https://thepostmillennial.com/antifa-linked-abortion-activists-reach-settlement-with-miami-pregnancy-center-after-attacking-it

Vandals connected to Antifa and Jane's Revenge pleaded guilty to attacking a Florida pregnancy center and then reached a settlement with the pro-life organization that runs the facility. Heartbeat of Miami is “a faith-based ministry that provides life-affirming services and support to women and couples" and was vandalized by Caleb Freestone and Amber Smith-Stewart in July 2022.  

Freestone and Smith-Stewart pleaded guilty to charges of "conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate employees of pregnancy resource centers in the free exercise of the right to provide and seek to provide reproductive health service," per a press release from the US Department of Justice. Both had vandalized pro-life pregnancy centers in Florida and are reportedly connected to Antifa and Jane's Revenge, per Live Action. 

 

ISRAEL / HEZBOLLAH:  IAF STRIKES SITE OF LAUNCH THAT KILLED COUPLE IN GOLAN.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392807

The IAF on Tuesday evening struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in the area of Qabrikha from which the projectiles were launched toward the area of the Golan Heights earlier in the day, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. 

UPDATE:  The couple have been identified as Noa and Nir Barnes.  They left three children.

 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/392834

 

 MELANIE PHILLIPS:  ABANDONING ISRAEL AND THE JEWS.

https://melaniephillips.substack.com/p/abandoning-israel-and-the-jews

'The new Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, is said to have purged his party of antisemitism and has persuaded many British Jews that he has made Labour safe again for Jewish voters. On Sunday morning, he told the Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas — antisemite, Holocaust denier and fan of Hitler’s wartime ally in the Middle East — that an independent state was the “undeniable right” of the Palestinian people and that “financial support for the Palestinian Authority” was one of his “immediate priorities”. ...'

That's just the beginning.  The new Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, is contemplating halting arms sales to Israel; he is also sympathetic to ICC plans to order the arrest of Israeli officials.  Then there's  Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Shabina Mahmood, a supporter of anti-Israel economic sanctions; and the new Attorney-General, Richard Hermer KC. Hermer.  Read it all at the link.