2024-01-01

World today: 2024-01-01.

ISRAEL:  DANON TO LIKUD - DON'T BOW TO US PRESSURE.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/382896

'Economy Minister Nir Barkat and MKs Galit Distel-Atbaryan and Eli Dallal did not attend the weekly Likud faction meeting today (Monday), during which MK Danny Danon strongly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the withdrawal of thousands of troops from Gaza.  "The publications and reports in recent days point to a worrying trend," said Danon. "Israel is losing the achievements it gained in the war because of pressure from the US."'


CANADA - GLOBALISM:  MP LESLYN LEWIS CHALLENGES W.H.O. TREATY.

https://www.rebelnews.com/leslyn_lewis_condemns_undemocratic_amendments_to_who_pandemic_treaty

'MP Leslyn Lewis [Haldimand-Norfolk, ON] told Health Minister Mark Holland in a letter of her concerns that the treaty would intrude on Canada’s sovereignty.  "While your department’s response to the online petition was meant to reassure Canadians that their healthcare sovereignty would not be compromised, several concerning amendments are now in force as a result of Canada’s failure to reject the May 28, 2022 amendments," she wrote.'


USA - ANTI-SEMITISM:  PORTLANDER ARRESTED FOR SWASTIKAS ON CHICAGO YESHIVA.

https://thepostmillennial.com/portland-woman-arrested-in-chicago-for-hate-crime-after-swastikas-found-on-jewish-school

'Mariana Noel Lynch, 30, was arrested on Thursday on charges that include three felony counts of hate crime, one felony count of hate crime/school, two felony counts of criminal damage/government property, and four misdemeanor counts of criminal defacement property. ... Police identified Lynch based on a description in a police notice that was published the day before after swastikas, a Star of David, and "die KKK raka" were found graffitied at Yeshiva Ohr Boruch, an Orthodox Jewish primary school in the West Ridge neighborhood, according to Chicago Sun-Times.'


COMMENTS.  Calendar year 2024 opens with the atrocities of October 7 still fresh in memory, and about 129 hostages still believed to be held by Hamas.  In the United States, this year's Presidential election will undoubtedly be a momentous event.  Communist China threatens Taiwan ever more aggressively, even as it struggles to consolidate its iron grip on institutions and governments around the world.  


Strength to get through all this, to survive and to prevail, will be found in renewing our bonds with families and communities; in staying physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy; and in keeping alive an inspiring vision for the future.